ATTIC LEGENDS AND GENEALOGIES.
Erechtheus—autochthonous.—Attic legends—originally from
different roots—each dême had its own.—Little noticed by
the old epic poets.—Kekrops.—Kranaus—Pandiôn.—Daughters of
Pandiôn—Proknê, Philomêla.—Legend of Têreus.—Daughters
of Erechtheus—Prokris.—Kreüsa.—Oreithyia, the wife of
Boreas.—Prayers of the Athenians to Boreas—his gracious
help in their danger.—Erechtheus and Eumolpus.—Voluntary
self-sacrifice of the three daughters of Erechtheus.—Kreüsa
and Iôn.—Sons of Pandiôn—Ægeus, etc.—Thêseus.—His legendary
character refined.—Plutarch—his way of handling the matter
of legend.—Legend of the Amazons.—Its antiquity and
prevalence.—Glorious achievements of the Amazons.—Their
ubiquity.—Universally received as a portion of the Greek
past.—Amazons produced as present by the historians of
Alexander.—Conflict of faith and reason in the historical critics.
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