Talk:Erechtheus

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Wouldn't the main bulk of the article be about Erechtheus II? It seems to me that Erichthonius of Athens was king before the one described in the article and that he would go as Erechtheus I. --Zirk 20:20, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Erectheus is only the Latin way to spell Erechtheus - however you want to arrange the material, there's no point in having two entries. Hannah standeven (talk) 15:17, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

The figure remains Erechtheus the archaic king of Athens, whether given a mythic birth and rearing ("Erechtheus I") or duplicated in a historicized one ("Erechtheus II"). The child in the basket is Erechthonios, whether in myth or cult (Arrhephoria). I don't know whose genealogical distinctions are being made in the article: mythic Greek genealogies are simply providing explanatory context; one doesn't begin with genealogies and come up with multiple figures.

I plan to report the relevant perceptions of Walter Burkert, Homo Necans, in a couple of new sections of this article, without recasting what's there now.--Wetman (talk) 04:48, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps I've gone too far. I hope the revised text stands well on its references and quotes. There's more to do, once the dust settles.--Wetman (talk) 07:06, 3 February 2009 (UTC)