Erichthonius was a son of Hephaestus by Gaea or Atthis and was a half-serpent, half man. Athena became his guardian and concealed him in a chest which she put Agraulos, Pandrosos, and Herse to guard. She forbade them to open the chest, but they did, and, observing the child in the form of a serpent (or entwined with serpents), they were thrown into madness and flung themselves from the acropolis or into the sea.The question (& answer) came from p. 138 of the Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Robert E. Bell. The book was published in 1982 by ABC-Clio.
We are a branch of the Los Angeles Public Library located in Highland Park. Keep yourself updated on our doings here...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
TOW (& Answer)...
The question was what do you know about Erichthonius? To answer I’m going to quote entirely from the source:
