Greek Mythology: The Royal House of Athens

3. King Erechtheus
Cecrops Procne and Philomela
Procris and Cephalus
Orithya and Boreas
Creusa and Ion

4. cecrops

5. • The first King of Attica, who had no
human ancestor, half-human and half-
dragon.
• He as the person responsible for
Athena’s becoming the protector of
Athens.
• He is the arbiter of Athens.
• He is the grandfather of Theseus.

6. During his time, Athens was fought by a
god and a goddess. Since he is the arbiter he
decided to whom it ill be belong. So, he give it
to goddess Athena, which made god Poseidon
angry because the god wanted it desperately.
There was a battle between the god and the
goddess in the middle of the city. There was a
votation but since there are more women
than men still Athena won.

7. Procne and Philomela

8. Procne as married to Tereus son of Ares and
they have a son named Itys. She was longing from
her home and missed her family. She begged her
husband to go to her home and ask her father to get
her sister Philomela because she misses her much.
Her wish was granted for her husband went to her
home. But, when Tereus saw Philomela, he fall in
love with her. As they travel to Procne’s place,
Tereus lied to Philomela that her sister died. He
forced her to marriage, but after sometime she knew
that it was a lie. She was so angry and told Tereus
that the world would know what he did to her. Tereus
was furious so he cut off the tongue of Philomela to
shut her and left her into a strongly guarded men.

9. Tereus told Procne that her sister
died as they travel. Procne mourned so
much for a very terrible news. It was that
time that writing was not still discovered
or invented. But, because her uniqueness
and creative on her own way, Philomela
was able to send her sister of what was
the truth through a wondrous tapestry and
with the help of the old woman who
attended her.

10. When Procne saw the tapestry she
understood and knew the truth. She went to
her sister with the help of the old woman and
took her to the palace. Because of her anger
and hatred she killed his son and cooked him
to serve to his husband for supper. Tereus was
eating then and she told him that it was his
son. Tereus cannot move for a moment. The
sisters then fled but they were caught,
however they were not killed for they were
turn into birds by the gods. Procne into a
nightingale and Philomela into a swallow.

11. Procris and Cephalus

12. Procris is the niece of the unfortunate
women and was married happily with Cephalus a
grandson of the King of the Winds. But only a
few weeks he was carried off by a goddess by no
less a personage than Aurora herself, the
goddess of the dawn. The goddess was in love
with him. But, he is not faithless to his wife for
she was the only one on his heart. Aurora
seemed to proved that she cannot win his heart
so she let him go but she told him that is his
loyalty was as firm and as true as his wife. This
made him to get jealous. Aurora disguises him so
that he will pretend as a stranger. He courted his
wife and told her things that would make her give
up in longing and still loving him.

13. But, she always told him that her heart belongs to her
husband. Until one day she was almost giving in.
That was enough for Cephalus. He told her wife that
he was her husband, she was a traitor and
shameless. Upon knowing this, her wife turned and
left him. She went to the mountains and was full of
hatred to the race of men. Her husband followed her
asking for forgiveness. But later, she forgave him.
Everything was fine again, but he killed her
accidentally when they a have a hunting on one fine
day.

14. Orithyia and Boreas

15. Boreas the North wind fall in love with
Orithyia, but her father Erechthus and the
people of Athens opposed this because
he came from North and Tereus came
there too that made Procne and
Philomela end up in a tragedy. They were
so confident and underestimated of what
Boreas can do. He abducted her and
they have two sons, Zetes and Calais
went on the Quest of the golden Fleece
with Jason.

16. Creusa and Ion

17. One day when this beautiful, young lady was
gathering crocuses, she was caught up in the arms of
a man and brought her to a cave near. He was the
god Apollo, he made love with her that was the cause
of her early pregnancy. Because of her fear she never
told her family and when the time comes that she will
give birth, she put the child on the cave and let him
die. After sometime, she was married to Xuthus. They
don’t have a child and Xuthus was longing to have.
They went to the oracle of Delphi which was Apollo’s
temple located. All this years she hated Apollo so
much. She was sad about her son that she even went
back to the cave and she found nothing left in there.
At Delphi, she found a young man singing and serving
the temple, his name was Ion. There they knew each
other as Mother and son because of Athena’s
appearance and news that Apollo told that Ion is his
and Creusa’s son. Ion was adopted by Xuthus to be
his son. But still Creusa hated Apollo of he did to her.

18. by: Mary Ann L. Rone