Editing Cecrops I (section)

== Etymology and form ==
According to [[Strabo]], the name of Cecrops is not of [[Greeks|Greek]] origin.<ref>[[Strabo]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.+7.7.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Cecrops 7.7.1] "Moreover, the barbarian origin of some is indicated by their names—Cecrops, Codrus..."</ref> It was said that he was born from the earth itself (an [[Autochthon (ancient Greece)|autochthon]]) and was accordingly called a γηγενής (''gēgenḗs'' "native"), and described as having his top half shaped like a man and the bottom half in serpent or fish-tail form. Hence he was called διφυής (''diphuḗs'', "of two natures").<ref>[[Euripides]], ''[[Ion (play)|Ion]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Eur.+Ion+1163&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0110:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Cecrops 1163 ff.]; [[Aristophanes]], ''[[The Wasps]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Aristoph.+Wasps+438&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0044:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Cecrops 438]; [[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+2.555&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Cecrops 2.555]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#48 48]; [[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#6 6]; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#111 111]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} [[Diodorus Siculus|Diodorus]] rationalized that his double form was because of his double citizenship, Greek and barbarian.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/1A*.html#28.7 1.28.7]</ref> Some ancients referred the epithet διφυής to marriage, of which tradition made him the founder.