Cecrops the younger
Family: Athens · Role: king · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 5
In Book 1, Chapter 5, Cecrops the younger is identified as the son of Erechtheus and the father of one of the two kings named Pandion. The other Pandion is described as the grandson of Pandion and great-grandson of Erichthonius.
In Book 7, Chapter 1, Xuthus decided in favour of Cecrops the eldest.
Relationship record
Book 1 · Chapter 5
- parent: Erechtheus “the other, who settled at Eubœa, was the son of Erechtheus”
- child: Pandion (son of Cecrops the younger) “the two Pandion kings were the son of Erichthonius and the son of Cecrops the younger”
- with Pandion (son of Erichthonius) (Pandion is identified as Cecrops the younger's grandfather.) “the other, who settled at Eubœa, was the son of Erechtheus, the grandson of Pandion and the great grandson of Erichthonius”
- with Erichthonius (Erichthonius is identified as Cecrops the younger's great-grandfather.) “the other, who settled at Eubœa, was the son of Erechtheus, the grandson of Pandion and the great grandson of Erichthonius”
Book 7 · Chapter 1
- parent: Erechtheus “After the death of Erechtheus he was chosen to decide which of his sons should be king, and, because he decided in favour of Cecrops the eldest, the other sons of Erechtheus drove him out of the country;”
- with Xuthus (Xuthus decided in favour of Cecrops for the kingship.) “because he decided in favour of Cecrops the eldest”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.