Erse

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

In Book 1, Chapter 2, Erse is named as a daughter of Cecrops and a sister of Aglaurus, Pandrosus, and Erysichthon. In Chapter 18, Athene entrusted Erichthonius to Erse and her sisters in a chest, forbidding them to look inside. Erse and Aglaurus opened it, went mad when they saw Erichthonius, and threw themselves down the Acropolis.

Relationship record

Life events

• Athene entrusted Erichthonius to three sisters in a forbidden chest.(Book 1 · Chapter 18)
  • With: Athene Aglaurus Pandrosus Erichthonius
  • “Athene gave Erichthonius, after putting him in a chest and forbidding them to pry into the contents.”
• Aglaurus and Erse opened the chest, went mad, and threw themselves down the Acropolis.(Book 1 · Chapter 18 · 📍 Acropolis)
  • With: Aglaurus Erichthonius
  • “the other two opened the chest, and went mad when they saw Erichthonius, and threw themselves down the Acropolis at the very steepest place.”

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