Erechtheus [SEP] mother
Acropolis where Poseidon's trident struck was known as the "sea of Erechtheus".
Erechtheus II, king of Athens.
Erechtheus II, king of Athens Family.
The second Erechtheus was given a historicizing genealogy as son and heir to King Pandion I of Athens by Zeuxippe, this Pandion being son of Erichthonius. This later king Erechtheus may be distinguished as Erechtheus II. Erechtheus was father, by his wife Praxithea, of six daughters, the eldest was Protogeneia, Pandora, Procris, Creusa, Oreithyia and Chthonia.
Arcadia, the father of Opus II. She was later received by Locrus who for being childless, married Protogeneia and adopted her son Opus as his own.
- Protogeneia, daughter of Calydon and Aeolia, daughter of Amythaon, and thus sister to Epicaste. With Ares, she was mother to Oxylus of Aetolia.
- Protogeneia, the eldest of the daughters of Erechtheus and Praxithea. She and her sister Pandora committed suicide when Erechtheus sacrificed Chthonia, another sister of theirs. Protogeneia's other sisters were Procris, Creusa