Editing Erechtheus (section)

=== Family ===
The second Erechtheus was given a historicizing genealogy as son and heir to King [[Pandion I]] of Athens by [[Zeuxippe]], this Pandion being son of Erichthonius. This later king Erechtheus may be distinguished as Erechtheus II. His siblings were [[Philomela]], [[Procne]], [[Butes]] and possibly [[Teuthras (mythology)|Teuthras]].<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#Th310.9 Thespeia (Θέσπεια)]''</ref>

Erechtheus was father, by his wife [[Praxithea]], of sons: [[Cecrops II|Cecrops]], [[Pandorus]], [[Metion]]<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.15.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Erechtheus 3.15.1]</ref> and of six daughters, the eldest was [[Protogeneia]], [[Pandora (Greek myth)|Pandora]], [[Procris]], [[Creusa of Athens|Creusa]], [[Orithyia of Athens|Oreithyia]] and [[Chthonia]].<ref>[[Suda|Suida]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/240#pi.668 Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι)]''</ref> Sometimes, his other mentioned children were [[Orneus]],<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.25.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Erechtheus 2.25.6]; [[Plutarch]], ''Theseus'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Thes.+32.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0067:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Erechtheus 32.1]; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#O496.5 Orneiai (Ὀρνειαί)]''</ref> [[Thespius]],<ref name=":1">[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#29.2 4.29.2]</ref> [[Eupalamus]],<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#76.1 4.76.1]</ref> [[Sicyon (mythology)|Sicyon]]<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.6.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Erechtheus 2.6.5], citing [[Hesiod]] (''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 224) for Erechtheus</ref> and [[Merope (Greek myth)|Merope]].<ref>Plutarch, ''Theseus'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Thes.+19.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0067:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Erechtheus 19.5]</ref>
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! rowspan="2" |'''Relation'''
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|''Hesiod''
|''Diodorus''
|''Apollodorus''
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| rowspan="2" |''Parents''
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|Philomela
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|Procris
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|Chthonia
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According to [[Pseudo-Apollodorus]], Erechtheus II had a twin brother named Butes who married Erechtheus' daughter Chthonia, the "earth-born". The brothers divided the royal power possessed by Pandion, Erechtheus taking the physical rule but Butes taking the priesthood of Athena and Poseidon, this right being passed on to his descendants. This late [[origin myth]] or ''[[aition]]'' justified and validated the descent of the hereditary priesthood of the Boutidai family.