CLAS104 Chapter 23: Chapter 23- Legends of Athens
2 Aug 2013
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Chapter 23 theseus and the legends of attica. Athenians boasted they sprung from earth autochthonous. According to them, cecrops, their earliest king, sprung from earth. Serpent shaped in the lower half of his body. Founder of attica called cecropia after himself. In his time, contest between poseidon and athena took place ( for possession of attica) Partly serpent shaped and sprung from the earth. Born from when hephaestus attempted to violate athena and. Athena put him in a chest and gave to the daughters of cecrops, his semen fell on the ground. Pandrosos, auglauros and herse, forbidding them to look inside. The sisters looked and were madden by the serpent shaped figure, hurled themselves off acropolis. Athena took him back, and he was king of athens, credited with instituting the great annual festival of panathenaea and set up wooden statue of athena on acropolis.
