Kekrops the Great King of Athens Kekrops was an early earth-born king of Attika and founder of the city of Athens. Attic iconography presented him as a male figure with a serpent's-tail. His children comprised, a son, Erichthonios, and three daughters, Aglauros, Herse, and Pandrosos. In his time, the gods decided to procure cities in order to establish their own cults. Poseidon came to Attica first and struck his trident on the Acropolis rock producing sea. Athena followed this with her miraculous creation of the first olive tree. She was judged the winner.
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Kekropsthe Great King
of Athens
Kekrops was an early earth-born king of Attika and founder of the city of Athens. Attic iconography presented him as a male figure with a serpent's-tail. His children comprised, a son, Erichthonios, and three daughters, Aglauros, Herse, and Pandrosos. In his time, the gods decided to procure cities in order to establish their own cults. Poseidon came to Attica first and struck his trident on the Acropolis rock producing sea. Athena followed this with her miraculous creation of the first olive tree. She was judged the winner.
Kekropsthe Great King
of Athens
This fragment comes from the west Pediment of the Parthenon. It shows part of a serpent that coiled beneath Kekrops. The serpent fragment was made separately and at some point in its history became detached. Acquired by Lord Elgin, it came to England, while the figure of Kekrops itself remained on the temple. The Parthenon, Athens 448 – 432 BCPentelic Marble GR 1816.6-10.104
The Group of Kekrops and Pandrosos
through the drawings of
Early Travellersand Artists in Athens
Jacques Carrey 1674
William Pars - 1765
James Stuart - Nicholas Revett The Antiquities of Athens 1787
William Gell 1801
Giovanni B. Lusieri 1802
Part Serpent - Part Human
Between two ReligionsKekrop’s Iconography
in Attic Art
Kekrops first king of Attica, from a special drinking vessel in the shape of Sphinx Made in Athens 470-460 BC The British Museum GR 1873.8-20.265 (Vase E 788)
Gaia offering Erichthonios to Athena. On the right Kekrops Melian Clay Relief, found in Attica in 1885about 460 BC
Antikensammlung Staatliche, Berlin TC 6281
Kekrops, from a vase painting depicting the birth of Erichthonios Athenian Red-figured drinking cup, ca 440 BC Antikensammlung Staatliche, Berlin F 2537
The group of Kekrops and Pandrosos.
Found in 1888, at Eleusis.
About the 2nd century ADPentelic Marble National ArchaeologicalMuseum of Athens EAM 200