Cecrops II
Greek · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
Cecrops II, eldest son of Erechtheus (greek_erechtheus) and Praxithea (greek_praxithea); king of Athens and father of Pandion II. Authored as mortal (both parents mortal; Athenian royal). His son Pandion II and grandsons are named in prose but are not in the corpus and are not wired.
Parentage
- father: Erechtheus
- mother: Praxithea
Domains
- kingship
Epithets
- Κέκροψ ὁ δεύτερος — Cecrops the second / the youngerPausanias 1.5.3 distinguishes the later Cecrops, son of Erechtheus, from Cecrops I; the ordinal 'the second' is the standard scholarly designation (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: ProcrisSister; daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea.Apollod. 3.15.1 (primary)
- sibling: PandorusBrother; son of Erechtheus and Praxithea.Apollod. 3.15.1 (primary)
- sibling: MetionBrother; son of Erechtheus and Praxithea. Metion's sons later expelled Cecrops II's grandson Pandion II from Athens.Apollod. 3.15.1, 3.15.5 (primary)
- sibling: OreithyiaSister; the daughter carried off by Boreas (existing figure).Apollod. 3.15.1-2 (primary)
- sibling: Creusa of AthensSister; the youngest daughter Creusa, mother of Ion (existing figure).Apollod. 3.15.1 (primary)