Kekrops

Kekrops was the founder and first king of Athens.
==History==
Kekrops founded the city that would become known as Athens. He, along with the other gemini, were the original Athenians. During the dispute between Poseidon and Athena over the city's patronage, Kekrops chose the latter and accepted Athena's gift of the olive tree.
Erikthonius, the mortal son of Hephaestus and Athena, was placed in a wooden box with a serpent to become immortal. He was entrusted in the care of Kekrops' daughters, who, out of curiosity, opened the box and were subsequently driven insane by what they saw. The princesses jumped off the Acropolis in a fit of insanity, and Kekrops was punished by Athena, by having his throne usurped by Erikthonius. He and the gemini were subsequently forced underground by the human inhabitants of Athens, forgotten over the centuries that passed, harboring a grudge against the Olympians as a result.
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Category:Kings
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