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OriginGreek Mythology
King Codrus of Athens, upon learning from the Delphic Oracle that his city would only survive if he perished at the hands of the enemy, sacrificed himself during the Dorian invasion. Disguising...
OriginGreek Mythology
Erichthonius was the legendary king of Athens who was born directly from the earth of Attica following a complex encounter between the gods Hephaestus and Athena. Entrusted to the daughters of...
OriginGreek Mythology
In a divine competition to become the patron deity of a rising city, Athena and Poseidon presented gifts to the people of Attica on the Acropolis. Poseidon struck the earth to create a salt...
OriginGreek Mythology
A haunting tale of betrayal and vengeance where the Thracian King Tereus violates his sister-in-law Philomela and silences her by cutting out her tongue. Philomela communicates the crime through...