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	Erechtheus
		This second Erechtheus was son and heir to King Pandion I of Athens by Zeuxippe, this Pandion being son of Erichthonius / Erechtheus I. According to Apollodorus Erechtheus had a twin brother named Butes who married Erechtheus' daughter Chthonia.
		His reign was marked by the war between Athens and Eleusis when the Eleusians were commanded by Eumolpus of Thrace, who (acepting the most common genealogy) was son of Poseidon by Chione daugher of Boreas by Oreithyia daughter of Erechtheus and was therefore Erechtheus' own great-grandson.
		An oracle declared that Athens' surivial depended on the death one of the three daughters of Erechtheus.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/e/er/erechtheus.html (399 words)

	Erechtheus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His reign was marked by the war between Athens and Eleusis when the Eleusians were commanded by Eumolpus of Thrace, who (accepting the most common genealogy) was son of Poseidon by Chione daugher of Boreas by Oreithyia daughter of Erechtheus and was therefore Erechtheus' own great-grandson.
		An oracle declared that Athens' surivial depended on the death one of the three daughters of Erechtheus.
		Erechtheus is succeeded by Cecrops II, his brother according to a fragment from the poet Castor but his son according to Apollodorus (3.15.1).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erichthonius_II_of_Athens (338 words)

	Erichthonius of Athens - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		King Erichthonius (also called Erechtheus I or Erichthonios) was, according to some legends, autochthonous (born of the soil), and in other accounts he was the son of Hephaestus and Gaia or Athena or Atthis.
		Erichthonius later became King of Athens and implemented many beneficial changes to Athenian culture.
		Erichthonius was killed by either Poseidon or Zeus as revenge for killing Himmarados of Thrace during a war between Eleusis and Athens.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Erichthonius_of_Athens (323 words)

	athens
		Athens (Greek Athina or Αθήνα) is the capital of Greece, and also the capital of the Attica region of Greece.
		Athens sprawls across the central plain of Attica, which is bound by mount Aegaleo on the west, mount Parnitha on the north, mount Penteli to the northeast, mount Hymettus on the east, and the Saronic Gulf on the south-west.
		Athens was occupied by the Germans during World War II and experienced terrible privations during the later years of the war.
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