Kecrops

Role: king · First appears: Book 8 · §43–54

Life events

• Persians entered the Acropolis by way of Aglauros's temple and killed the suppliants.(Book 8 · §43–54 · 📍 Acropolis)
  • With: Xerxes Aglauros
  • “and when the Athenians saw that they had ascended up to the Acropolis, some of them threw themselves down from the wall and perished, while others took refuge in the sanctuary of the temple. Then those of the Persians who had ascended went first to the gates, and after opening these they proceeded to kill the suppliants;”

Book 8 · §43–54

• child: Aglauros “here men ascended by the temple of Aglauros the daughter of Kecrops, although indeed the place is precipitous:”

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