Erechtheum, on the Acropolis of Athens, perpetual lamp of Athena in the, ii. 199;

sacred serpent in, iv. 87, v. 87

Erechtheus or Erichthonius, and Minerva (Athena), i. 21;

king of Athens, the Erechtheum his house, ii. 199;

in relation to the sacred serpent on the Acropolis, iv. 86 sq., v. 87;

identified with Poseidon, iv. 87;

voluntary death of the daughters of, iv. 192 n. 3;

his incest with his daughter, v. 44 n. 1;

the Eleusinian mysteries instituted in the reign of, vii. 70