Erichthonius II of Athens - Erichthonius II of Athens Erichthonius (or Erechtheus) II, king of Athens, was the grandson of King Erichthonius I of Athens, the son of Pandion and Zeuxippe, and the father, with Praxithea, of Procris, Creusa and Pandorus, among many others. References Greek Mythology Link 2003-10-01.
Kings of Athens - Kings of Athens Before the Athenian democracy, the tyrants, and the archons, Athens was ruled by kings. Most of them are probably mythical or only semi-historical. This list is based on the list given by Eusebius. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Earliest kings 2 Erechthids or Cecropidae 2.1 Medontids or Melanthidae or Codridae Earliest kings These two kings were supposed to have ruled before the flood of the Deucalion story. Ogygus Actaeus Erechthids or Cecropidae Cecrops was considered the first true king of Athens, although he was a mythical half-man half-serpent. The dates for the following kings were conjectured centuries later. Cecrops 1556 - 1506 BC. Cranaus 1506 - 1497 BC. Amphictyon 1497 - 1487 BC. Erichthonius 1487 - 1437 BC. Pandion 1437 - 1397 BC. Erechtheus.
Erichthonius - Erichthonius See: Erichthonius of Dardania Erichthonius I of Athens Erichthonius II of Athens This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Erechtheus - the name Erechtheus. In Greek mythology, another name for King Erichthonius I of Athens, who killed Himmarados. The mythical ancestor of the Achaeans, and grandfather of Acgaeus. His daughter was Creusa. King Erichthonius II of Athens, son of Pandion and Zeuxippe..
1200s BC - 1150s BC Events and Trends 1204 BC - Theseus, legendary King of Athens is deposed after a reign of 30 years and succeeded by Menestheus, great-grandson of Erichthonius II of Athens and second cousin of his father Aegeus. Menestheus was reportedly assisted by Castor and Polydeuces of Sparta who wanted to reclaim their sister Helen from her first husband Theseus. The later seeks refuge in Skyros whose King Lycomedes is an old friend and allie of his. However Lycomedes considers his visitor a threat to the throne and proceeds in his assassination. (Other accounts place these events a decade earlier. See 1210s BC). Significant People Merneptah, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ( 1212- 1202 BC). Amenemses, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (1202- 1199 BC..
1210s BC - 1160s BC Events and Trends 1213 BC - Theseus, legendary King of Athens is deposed and succeeded by Menestheus, great-grandson of Erichthonius II of Athens and second cousin of his father Aegeus. Menestheus was reportedly assisted by Castor and Polydeuces of Sparta who wanted to reclaim their sister Helen from her first husband Theseus. The later seeks refuge in Skyros whose King Lycomedes is an old friend and allie of his. However Lycomedes considers his visitor a threat to the throne and proceeds in his assassination. (Other accounts place these events a decade later. See 1200s BC). Significant People.
1280s BC - 1230s BC Events and Trends 1285 BC - Battle of Kadesh: Rameses II, Pharaoh of Egypt is almost defeated by Muwatillis of the Hittites. 1282 BC - Pandion II, legendary King of Athens dies after a nominal reign of 25 years. He reportedly only reigned in Megara while Athens and the rest of Attica were under the control of an alliance of Nobles led by his uncle Metion (son of Erichthonius II of Athens ) and his sons (including in some accounts Daedalus). His four sons lead a successful military campaign to regain the throne. Aegeus becomes King of Athens, Nisos reigns in Megara, Lykos in Euboea and Pallas in southern Attica. Significant People.
1340s BC - BC 1290s BC Events and Trends 1347 BC - Legendary King Erichthonius II of Athens is reportedly killed by lightning after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his younger brother Cecrops II. 1346 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep IV of Egypt begins his Cult of Aten and begins construction of Amarna intended to be his new capital. 1345 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep IV of Egypt renames himself to Akhenaton. Significant People 1341 BC/ 1340 BC - Birth of Tutankhaten,later Pharaoh of Egypt as Tutankhamun (approximate date)..
1390s BC - 1340s BC Events and Trends 1397 BC - Pandion, legendary King of Athens dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son Erichthonius II of Athens. Significant People 1398 BC - Birth of Tiy to Egyptian nobleman Yuya and his wife Tjuyu. She later became the Chief Queen of Pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt and the matriarch of the Amarna family. (approximate date)..
Boreads - Zetes. They were the sons of Boreas and Oreithyia, daughter of King Erichthonius II of Athens. They were winged heroes. They were Argonauts and played a particularly vital role in the rescue of Phineas from the harpies. They succeeded in driving the monsters away but did not kill them, at a request from the goddess of the rainbow, Iris, who promised that Phineas would not be bothered by the harpies again. As thanks, Phineas told the Argonauts how to pass the Symplegades. Apollonius Rhodius. Argonautica I, 211-223..
Pandorus - Pandorus In Greek mythology, Pandorus was a son of Erichthonius II of Athens. Pandorus was also the sibling of Metion and Cecrops.
Procris - Procris In Greek mythology, Procris was the daughter of Erichthonius II of Athens and wife of Cephalus. Eos kidnapped Cephalus when he was hunting but he refused to be unfaithful to Procris. Cephalus accidentally killed Procris some time later after he mistook her for an animal while hunting; Procris, a jealous wife, was spying on him. Cephalus was exiled for the death of his wife..
Metion - then overthrown by Pandion's four sons: Aegeas, Nisos, Lykos and Pallas. Metion was the brother of Cecrops and Pandorus and Erichthonius II of Athens was his father..
Erichthonius I of Athens - Erichthonius I of Athens King Erichthonius (or Erechtheus) I of Athens was, according to some legends, autochthonous (born of the soil), and in other accounts he was the son of Hephaestus and Gaia or Athena or Atthis. According to Apollodorus, Hephaestus attempted to rape Athena but was unsuccesful. His semen fell on the ground, impregnating Gaia. Gaia didn't want the infant Erichthonius, so she gave the baby to Athena. Athena gave three sisters, Herse, Pandrosus and Aglaulus a small box and warned them to never open it. Aglaulus and Herse opened the box which contained the infant and future-king, Erichthonius ("troubles born from the earth"). The sight caused Herse and Aglaulus to go insane and they threw themselves off the Acropolis. Alternatively, Athena raised Erichthonius herself..
George II of Greece - George II of Greece George II, King of the Hellenes (7 July (O.S.) = 20 July 1890 (N.S.) - 1 April 1947), ruled Greece from 1922-1923 and 1935-1947. He was born at Tatoi, near Athens, the son of Constantine I, King of the Hellenes and his wife, formerly Princess Sophie of Prussia (1870-1889). He married, on 27 February 1921 at Bucharest, Princess Elisabeth of Roumania (1894-1956). They had no children, and were divorced on 6 July 1935. He succeeded to the Greek throne on his father's abdication, 27 September 1922, but left Greece 24 March 1924. He was restored to the throne, 3 November 1935, but again left Greece following the German invasion, 23 April 1941. He was recalled to the throne 28 September 1946. He died.
European Theatre of World War II - European Theatre of World War II This article discusses about the '''European Theatre of World War II. Adolf Hitler German Führer Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Preceding events 1.1 Establishment of the Axis 2 Outbreak of War in Europe 3 Nazi policy in occupied countires 4 Scandinavian Campaigns 5 War Comes to the West 6 Bomber War 7 The Balkans 8 The Eastern Front 9 The Allies' Invasion of Italy 10 The Allies' Invasion of France 11 The End of the War in Europe Preceding events See: Preceding events of the European Theatre of World War II Germany was in debt after World War I, due to the Great Depression and the forced payments to the victors of World War I. Germans wanted a leader that would take them out.
Duchy of Athens - Duchy of Athens The Duchy of Athens was one of the Crusader States set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade. The first duke of Athens (as well as Thebes, at first) was Otto de la Roche, a minor Burgundian knight of the Fourth Crusade. Although he was known as the "Duke of Athens" from the foundation of the duchy in 1205, the title did not become official until 1280. Athens was originally a vassal state of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, but after Thessalonica was captured in 1224 by the Byzantine Despot of Epirus, the duchy became a vassal of the Principality of Achaea. The Duchy occupied the Attic peninsula and extended partially into Macedonia, sharing an undefined border with.
Darius II of Persia - Darius II of Persia Darius II, originally called Ochus, was emperor of Persia from 423 BC to 404 BC. Artaxerxes I, who died shortly after December 24, 424 BC, was followed by his son Xerxes II. After a month and a half Xerxes was murdered by his brother Secydianus or Sogdianus (the form of the name is uncertain). His illegitimate brother, Ochus, satrap of Hyrcania, rebelled against Sogdianus, and after a short fight killed him, and suppressed by treachery the attempt of his own brother Arsites to imitate his example. Ochus adopted the name Darius (in the chronicles he is called Nothos, meaning "the bastard"). Neither Xerxes II nor Secydianus occurs in the dates of the numerous Babylonian tablets from Nippur; here the reign of Darius II.
Agesilaus II - Agesilaus II Agesilaus II, king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid family, was the son of Archidamus II and Eupolia, and younger step-brother of Agis II, whom he succeeded about 401 BC. Agis had, indeed, a son Leotychides, but he was set aside as illegitimate, current rumour representing him as the son of Alcibiades. Agesilaus' success was largely due to Lysander, who hoped to find in him a willing tool for the furtherance of his political designs; in this hope, however, Lysander was disappointed, and the increasing power of Agesilaus soon led to his downfall. In 396 BC Agesilaus was sent to Asia with a force of 2000 Neodamodes (enfranchized Helots) and 6000 allies to secure the Greek cities against a Persian attack. On the eve of sailing.
Amyntas II - Amyntas II Amyntas II (or III), son of Arrhidaeus, great-grandson of Alexander I, king of Macedon from 393 (or 389) to 369 BC. He came to the throne after the ten years of confusion which followed the death of Archelaus, the patron of art and literature, and showed the same taste for Greek culture and its representatives. But he had many enemies at home; in 383 he was driven out by the Illyrians, but in the following year, with the aid of the Thessalians, he recovered his kingdom. He concluded a treaty with the Spartans, who assisted him to reduce Olynthus (379). He also entered into a league with Jason of Pherae, and assiduously cultivated the friendship of Athens. By his wife, Eurydice, he had three sons,.
