Cecrops

British

/ ˈsiːkrɒps /

noun

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

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Athena gave a chest in which she had put the infant to the three daughters of Cecrops, forbidding them to open it.

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His grandson was called by his name, and was the father of the second Cecrops, Procris, Creüsa, and Orithyia.

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The first King of Attica was named Cecrops.

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In return for this good gift Cecrops, who had been made arbiter, decided that Athens was hers.

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Most writers say that these events happened before the Deluge, and that the Cecrops who belonged to the famous Athenian family was not the ancient half-dragon, half-human creature but an ordinary man, important only because of his relatives.

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