Cecrops
Britishnoun
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“It was a simple matter,” Morrow writes, “of being shrewder than King Cecrops, more resourceful than Lord Poseidon, and as wise as Lady Athena.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2015
Athena gave a chest in which she had put the infant to the three daughters of Cecrops, forbidding them to open it.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
In return for this good gift Cecrops, who had been made arbiter, decided that Athens was hers.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The first King of Attica was named Cecrops.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
His grandson was called by his name, and was the father of the second Cecrops, Procris, Creüsa, and Orithyia.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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