Pandrosus

Role: mythological figure · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 2

Pandrosus was one of the three daughters of Cecrops, alongside Erse and Aglaurus, and sister to Erysichthon. In Book 1, Chapter 18, Athene entrusted Erichthonius to Pandrosus and her sisters in a chest, forbidding them to look inside.

Relationship record

Life events

• Athene entrusted Erichthonius to three sisters in a forbidden chest.(Book 1 · Chapter 18)
  • With: Athene Aglaurus Erse Erichthonius
  • “Athene gave Erichthonius, after putting him in a chest and forbidding them to pry into the contents.”

Book 1 · Chapter 2

• parent: Cecrops (first king of Athens) “he had three daughters, Erse, and Aglaurus, and Pandrosus, and one son, Erysichthon”
• siblings with Erse (Both were daughters of Cecrops.) “he had three daughters, Erse, and Aglaurus, and Pandrosus, and one son, Erysichthon.”
• siblings with Aglaurus (Both were daughters of Cecrops.) “he had three daughters, Erse, and Aglaurus, and Pandrosus, and one son, Erysichthon.”
• siblings with Erysichthon (Both were children of Cecrops.) “he had three daughters, Erse, and Aglaurus, and Pandrosus, and one son, Erysichthon.”

Book 1 · Chapter 18

• siblings with Aglaurus “And above the temple of the Dioscuri is the grove of Aglaurus, to whom and to her sisters Erse and Pandrosus they say Athene gave Erichthonius, after putting him in a chest and forbidding them to pry into the contents.”
• siblings with Erse “And above the temple of the Dioscuri is the grove of Aglaurus, to whom and to her sisters Erse and Pandrosus they say Athene gave Erichthonius, after putting him in a chest and forbidding them to pry into the contents.”
• guardian: Athene “And above the temple of the Dioscuri is the grove of Aglaurus, to whom and to her sisters Erse and Pandrosus they say Athene gave Erichthonius, after putting him in a chest and forbidding them to pry into the contents.”
• ward: Erichthonius (Pandrosus was entrusted with Erichthonius together with her sisters.) “to whom and to her sisters Erse and Pandrosus they say Athene gave Erichthonius, after putting him in a chest and forbidding them to pry into the contents.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.