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  House of Athens
Cecrops and the people thought that olive tree was more useful than salt-water well, so they awarded the city to the goddess and named the city after her – Athens.
Cecrops (Cecrops II) was the eldest son of Erechtheus and Praxithea.
Pandion (Pandion II) was the son of Cecrops II and Metiadusa, the daughter of Eupalamus.
www.timelessmyths.com /classical/athens.html   (3057 words)

  
 Cecrops - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The name ''Cecrops'' means 'face with a tail' and it is said that this first king, born from the earth itself, had his top half shaped like a man and the bottom half in serpent or fish-tail form.
Cecrops I was the father of three daughters Herse, Pandrosus and Aglaurus.
Cecrops II Cecrops II was son of Pandion I and inherited the throne from his brother Erechtheus.
www.indexsuche.com /Cecrops.html   (328 words)

  
 Geographia: Mainland Greece
Cecrops had a body and head of man, but a tail of a serpent.
Historically, Athens was the leading city during the classical period; a centre of art, science and literature, as well as the city that first created democracy and capital of great naval empire (480-400 BC).
Cecrops (earth-born, 1st king?), Cranaüs, Amphictyon, Erichthonius, Pandion I, Erechtheus, Cecrops, Pandion II, Aegeus, Theseus, Menestheus, Demophon.
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 King of Athens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
These two kings were supposed to have ruled before the flood of the Deucalion story.
Cecrops was considered the first true king of Athens, although he was a mythical half-man half-serpent.
The dates for the following kings were conjectured centuries later.
uncover.us /en/wikipedia/k/ki/king_of_athens.html   (110 words)

  
 Cecrops II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cecrops II was son of Pandion I and inherited the Athenian throne from his brother Erechtheus.
He was succeeded by his nephew Pandion II, the son of Erechtheus.
This page was last modified 23:46, 5 March 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cecrops_II   (54 words)

  
 biology - 1300s BC
Pandion II was later driven into exile from Athens by the sons of Cecrops II's brother (or possibly nephew) Metion, so that Metion could take power.
Pandion II fled to Megara, where he married the King's daughter and eventually inherited the throne.
After his death, Pandion II's sons returned to Athens and drove out the sons of Metion.
www.biologydaily.com /biology/1300s_BCE   (157 words)

  
 hss_powell_classical_4|Theseus and the Myths of Athens|Key Terms
Son of Hersê, a daughter of Cecrops, and Hermes; his marriage with Procris was fraught with suspicion and ended in disaster.
An early king of Athens; best known for his children: Procris, Orithyia, and Cecrops II, the latter of whom is the grandfather of Aegeus, father of Theseus.
Son of Pandion II and father of Theseus; sonless, he traveled to Delphi; stopping in Troezen on the way back, he impregnated Aethra, daughter of the king, their son was Theseus.
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 hss_powell_classical_4|Theseus and the Myths of Athens|Essay Questions
The story of the daughters of Cecrops was told two ways: one of them by witty Roman poet Ovid.
Explain and cite evidence for this sentence: "The story of the daughters of Cecrops is a good example of a myth that appears to reflect a ritual."
Interwoven in the legends of Cecrops is evidence for a myth of the autochthonous origins of the Athenians.
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   on the ground, “man of wool and earth”, put in basket and given to daughters of Cecrops
: Cecrops, Erichthonius, Pandion, Erechtheus, Cecrops II, Pandion II
- Children of Erechtheus: Cecrops II, Procris, Orithyia (gave birth to Boreads III.4)
www.chass.utoronto.ca /~cla204s/III.7.html   (1200 words)

  
 Pandion II - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Pandion II - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Pandion II - Your Art History Reference Guide!
Pandion II Pandion II was son and heir of Cecrops II, King of Athens.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Pandion_II   (147 words)

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