Erechtheus
deity earth Athens corroborated · 4
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #406 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Cited by Herodotus in his 5th‑century BCE account of cult exchanges.
Relationships
- parent of
- Protogeneia, Pandora, Procris, Cecrops
- co occurs with
- Demeter/Kore, Aeacus, Auxesia, Damia, Delphic oracle, nymphs, Hestia, Jason, Alpheus, Cephissus, Amphiaraus, Amphilochus, Panacea, Archelous, Artemis (Diana), Helios, Athena, Zeus, Apollo, Diana, Hermes, Aphrodite, Heracles, Hera, Pan
- manifests as
- Poseidon
- served by
- Horses of Erechtheus
- manifested by
- Poseidon
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
encyclopedia (2)
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Their joint temple on the Acropolis was the Erechtheum, where Poseidon embodied as Erechtheus remained a numinous presence.”
#41501 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Epidaurians had been accustomed to make annual offerings to the Athenian deities Athena and Erechtheus”
#43763 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free
“altar at Olympia to ... Poseidon and Erechtheus in the Erechtheum at Athens”
#43945 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free