#erechtheus

[soundbuster]

There's a minor scene in the Odyssey where Athena returns back to Athens and her foster son Erechtheus is mentioned,

And with that vow the bright-eyed goddess sped away, over the barren sea, leaving welcome Scheria far behind, and reaching Marathon and the spacious streets of Athens, entered Erechtheus’ sturdy halls, Athena’s stronghold.

I know Erechtheus and Erichthonius aren't always viewed as the same person, but I read this thinking how sweet it was that he had a space made for her where she can have some rest and privacy.

By this, he's not honoring his city's patron goddess, but also caring for his foster mother in return. That's rare in Greek myth, and it makes their relationship feel mutual instead of one-sided.

Granted, it doesn't say he had it made for her, just that she's going there, but one can imagine the other case.

[galusandmalus]

the rape of persephone pls. indoctrinate me lol (but also i would love to know ur thoughts in general and sources or quotes u like etc)

all this stuff about persephone and hades but the fact that the hymn to Demeter connects to EUMOLPUS IS SO FUNNY

"So she spoke; and Callidike answered her at once" "But I will instruct you clearly, and name The men who have here the great power of honour, And who are the chieftains of the people, and protect the city’s Battlements with their counsels and upright laws. They are shrewd Triptolemos and Diocles, Polyxenes and blameless Eumolpos" "So she spoke – and fair-garlanded Demeter did not disobey him. At once she sent up the fruit of the fields with rich clods. The whole wide earth with leaves and flowers Was filled; and she went to law-making kings And revealed to Triptolemos, horse-driving Diocles, Mighty Eumolpus, and to Celeus leader of the people"

cuz like.... eumolpus is supposed to be a sort of connection between the mysteries and hercules, but overtime, BRO JUST BECAME A VILLIAN His big thing feels like his war with Athens and fighting Erechtheus.

big epic war and battle and stuff. now it almost sounds like demeter is like "Oh god, my daughter has been captured by hades and can spend only half her time above the underworld... LETS BURN ATHENS TO THE GROUND"

Athena watching Erectheus get killed:

[sarafangirlart]

Euripides Erechtheus fragments part 1

While her reasoning might be iffy from a modern perspective, Praxithea makes some solid points.

[ukdamo]

Today’s Flickr photo(s) with the most hits shows the interior of the Erechtheion, as seen from the east facade. 

It was a complex structure with multiple levels and functions. This fact, plus the topography, gives rise to its curious, asymmetrical appearance.

Athena’s sacred olive tree was a site of cult worship (its modern incarnation can be seen through the doorway in the west front). The eastern section - immediately in front of us but with the floor now missing - housed the ancient wooden statue of Athena Polias - for which the peplos was woven each year, and carried to the site in the great Athenaic Procession (as illustrated on the Parthenon frieze).

The stones scarred by Poseidon’s Trident were located in the western half - furthest away from us - and ten feet lower then the eastern section. Also here, Poseidon’s salt-water spring. 

A mysterious cult of chthonic worship, linked to Erechtheus (and incorporating snakes) was carried out in the crypt, under the north portico, which was also the location of the tomb. The missing ceiling coffer in the portico - which meant that that section was open to the sky - may have allowed light to reach the tomb.

The doorway visible in the south wall (left) is the only entrance to the Porch of the Caryatids.

[gooeynuts]

So I take classical studies and so far I'm enjoying right, but today it was like the sculptures on the parthenon - it's really cool but it's a lot to get through. So I thought that oh you know it'll be a boring kinda lesson...but little did I know...I was about to learn about THE MYTHICAL CUM SNAKE KING OF ATHENS?

[coffeenewstom]

Peloponnesisches Kaffeetagebuch: Panathinaiko, Olympieion, Hadrianstor

Direkt neben dem Zappeion-Garten liegt das Panathinaiko-Stadion, ein Schnittpunkt der Geschichte, an dem sich Antike und Neuzeit treffen. Hier stand schon vor etwa 2.350 Jahren das Stadion, in dem alljährlich die Panathenäen, die Panathenischen Spiele, ausgetragen wurden. Schon der mythische König Erechtheus soll Athenäen gestiftet haben; Theseus verwandelte, nachdem er die attischen Flecken zu…

Peloponnesisches Kaffeetagebuch: Panathinaiko, Olympieion, Hadrianstor

[galusandmalus]

"Erechtheus also, who was by birth an Egyptian, became king of Athens, and in proof of this they offer the following considerations. Once when there was a great drought, as is generally agreed, which extended over practically all the inhabited earth except Egypt because of the peculiar character of that country, and there followed a destruction both of crops and of men in great numbers, Erechtheus, through his racial connection with Egypt, brought from there to Athens a great supply of grain, and in return those who had enjoyed this aid made their benefactor king. 2 After he had secured the throne he instituted the initiatory rites of Demeter in Eleusis and established the mysteries, transferring their ritual from Egypt. And the tradition that an advent of the goddess into Attica also took place at that time is reasonable, since it was then that the fruits which are named after her were brought to Athens, and this is why it was thought that the discovery of the seed had been made again, as though Demeter had bestowed the gift. 3 And the Athenians on their part agree that it was in the reign of Erechtheus, when a lack of rain had wiped out the crops, that Demeter came to them with the gift of grain." -Diodorus Siculus -around 1 bc

ahem what the fuck (This possibly adds a more personal connection to Eumolpus, IS ADMITTEDLY VERY interesting but also cleary this is meant to be Eumolpus) oh god, this is older than descriptions of Greece and Apollo. lmao what did people think Athenian history is just Egyptians fighting Libyans lol

[nzhong]

雅典系列之三：国王和三个公主

回「希腊罗马神话」 在 上一回 里，我们讲到了雅典的第三任国王，安菲克特翁（Amphictyon）。其实主要是讲他父母和大洪水的故事，国王本人并不那么出彩。 到了第四任和第六任国王，主人公的名字和故事情节都有些混乱。因为这里有两个国王的名字是一样的，各自又都和三个公主有关。也就是说，我们会有两个叫 Erechtheus 的主角，和两段不同的 Erechtheus 和三个公主的故事（笔者私下认为，是因为这段历史传说过于久远，雅典人口耳相传把一些情节记串了）。 雅典人自称为 Erechtheidai，也就是“Erechtheus的后代“的意思，就像我们有时说自己是”炎黄子孙“，可见这（两）个国王在雅典文化历史中的重要性。 在 火神的故事…

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