person
Erichthonius
Son of Dardanus in the Trojan line of descent (distinct from the Athenian Erichthonius).
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.9 Erichthonius
Erichthonius, early earth-born king of Athens, named with Eumolpus as a still more ancient ancestor in Cotys's royal line.
- The Festivals §4.proem Erichthonius
Trojan king, son of Dardanus, in the line of descent to Aeneas.
- Metamorphoses §9.263 Erichthonius
Early king of Athens, for whom Vulcan seeks a renewed age.
- Sorrows §2.1 Erichthonius
The child 'born of a crime' from Vulcan's assault on the soil, raised by Minerva; a story a temple-visitor would recall.