 Erechtheus

Erechtheus (; ) in Greek mythology was the name of an archaic king of Athens, the founder of the "polis" and, in his role as god, attached to Poseidon, as "Poseidon Erechtheus".The mythic Erechtheus and the historical Erechtheus were fused into one character in Euripides' lost tragedy "Erechtheus" (423/22 BCE).