Cecrops

/ ˈsiːkrɒps /

noun

(in ancient Greek tradition) the first king of Attica, represented as half-human, half-dragon

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The Greeks worshipped their gods without any visible representations of them until the time of Cecrops.

Cecrops summoned the popular assembly, in which both men and women were entitled to vote.

Another myth depicts the fall of the matriarchate in the following manner: During the rule of Cecrops, a double miracle occurred.

Even the twelve phratries composing them seem to have had separate seats in the twelve different towns of Cecrops.

The worship of the serpent was very antient among the Greeks, and is said to have been introduced by Cecrops.

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