Erechtheus (; Ancient Greek: Ἐρεχθεύς, romanized: Erekhtheús, lit. 'smasher of earth') in Greek mythology was a king of Athens, the founder of the polis and, in his role as god, attached to Poseidon, as "Poseidon Erechtheus". The name Erichthonius is carried by a son of Erechtheus, but Plutarch conflated the two names in the myth of the begetting of Erechtheus.
Erechtheus (; Ancient Greek: Ἐρεχθεύς, romanized: Erekhtheús, lit. 'smasher of earth') in Greek mythology was a king of Athens, the founder of the polis and, in his role as god, attached to Poseidon, as "Poseidon Erechtheus". The name Erichthonius is carried by a son of Erechtheus, but Plutarch conflated the two names in the myth of the begetting of Erechtheus.
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