Erechtheus

/ (ɛˈrɛkθjuːs, -θɪəs) /

noun

Greek myth a king of Athens who sacrificed one of his daughters because the oracle at Delphi said this was the only way to win the war against the Eleusinians

Words nearby Erechtheus

ere, erebus, erech, erechim, erechtheum, Erechtheus, erect, erectile, erectile dysfunction, erectile impotence, erectile tissue

Example sentences from the Web for erechtheus

The Arrephoroi annually carried some mysterious object on their heads to the temple of Athena and Erechtheus.

Problems in Periclean Buildings |G. W. Elderkin
Near the banks of the stream Kephisos, Erechtheus had built a city in a rocky and thin-soiled land.

Museum of Antiquity |L. W. Yaggy
The Chalkeia (feast of smiths), at which the birth of Erechtheus and the invention of the plough were celebrated.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 |Various
The ancient name of some species of Groundsel, probably called after Erechtheus.

The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States |Asa Gray

Erechtheus having first celebrated the Panathena joins horses to a chariot.

The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended |Isaac Newton

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Erechtheus

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