Pausanias' Description of Greece

Colænus

Role: king of Athens · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 31

Life events

  • Colænus ruled Athens before Cecrops, according to Myrrhinus tradition.(Book 1 · Chapter 31 · 📍 Athens)
    • With: Cecrops
    • “Now Colænus is the name of a king who ruled at Athens before Cecrops, according to the tradition of the people of Myrrhinus”

Book 1 · Chapter 31

  • with Cecrops (first king of Athens) (Colænus is described as a predecessor of Cecrops.) “Now Colænus is the name of a king who ruled at Athens before Cecrops, according to the tradition of the people of Myrrhinus.”

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