CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Xuthus, Eumolpus, Culture Hero
5 Aug 2015
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Theseus and the myths of athens: early kings of athens. *note: autochthony - autochthonic is the person sprang from the ground (athens thought of themselves as that original settlers) Alto tomb - original kings: cecrops - very first king of athens and that he sprang from the ground, the judge to decide which will be patriot god of athens. Brought writing and how to build cities. Upper body human and a snake bottom: erichthonius: hephaestus fell in love with athena when she went to ask him for new weapons. Hephaestus ejaculated on her leg and she wiped it with wool and threw it on the ground. Athena put erichthonius in a chest and gave him to the daughters of. Cecrops to take care of and do not look inside. The daughters look inside and went crazy from seeing a baby with half human and half snake. Was a culture hero and he instituted the panathania.
