Erichthonius
deity earth Greek single tradition · 2
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #920 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced in Homeric poems (8th century BCE).
Relationships
- child of
- Athena, Hephaestus, Gaia
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Erichthonius is early mentioned in the Catalogue of ships. He is born by the Homeric earth which produces fruits and cereals (zeidoros arura). The name of Erichthonius includes chthon which is not the underground kingdom of the dead, but the Homeric earth.”
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