Erysichthon

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

Erysichthon was the son of Cecrops and brother of Erse, Aglaurus and Pandrosus. He died during his father’s lifetime, before he could reign; after Cecrops died, the kingdom passed to Cranaus.

Erysichthon brought the oldest of Ilithyia’s statues from Delos. He died on his passage home after his mission there, and a monument was made to him.

Relationship record

Life events

• Erysichthon died before reigning, and Cranaus inherited Cecrops’s kingdom.(Book 1 · Chapter 2)
  • With: Cecrops Cranaus
  • “He never reigned over the Athenians, for he chanced to die in his father’s lifetime, and the kingdom of Cecrops fell to Cranaus,”
• Erysichthon died while sailing home from Delos after his mission.(Book 1 · Chapter 31)
  • “there is also a monument to Erysichthon, who died on his passage home, as he sailed back from Delos after his mission there”

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

Book 1 · Chapter 18

• with Ilithyia (Erysichthon brought the oldest statue of Ilithyia from Delos.) “Two of her statues the women said were Cretan and votive offerings of Phædra, while the oldest was brought by Erysichthon from Delos.”

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