Cecrops I
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Cecrops was a legendary king of Attica which derived from him its name Cecropia, according to the Parian Chronicle having previously borne the name of Acte or Actice. He was the founder and the first
Cecrops on an Attic red-figure cup, c. 440–430 BC (Antikensammlung Berlin)
Melian relief of the birth of Erichthonios, c. 460 BC: Athena receives the infant Erichthonius from Ge, as Cecrops looks on (Berlin Antikensammlung)
Figures from the west pediment of the Parthenon, traditionally identified as Cecrops with his daughter Pandrosus
In Greek mythology, King Erichthonius was a legendary early ruler of ancient Athens. According to some myths, he was autochthonous and adopted or raised by the goddess Athena. Early Greek texts do not
Cecrops I
…of Athens at that time. Cecrops was the father of three daughters: Herse, Pandrosus and Aglaurus. To them was given a box or jar containing the infant Erichthonius to guard unseen. They looked and, terrified by the two serpents Athena had set within to guard the child, they fled in terror and leapt from the Acropolis…
Birth of Erichthonius: Athena receives the baby Erichthonius from the hands of the earth mother Gaia, Attic red-figure stamnos, 470–460 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 2413)
Athena Scorning the Advances of Hephaestus, Paris Bordone, between c. 1555~1560
Erichthonius Released from His Basket by Antonio Tempesta (1606)
The Discovery of the Child Erichthonius by Peter Paul Rubens (circa 1615)