His exiled son Pandion ruled Megara and sired Aegeus, Theseus' father. Of his daughters, Pandrosus was the least known, while Aglauros had an affair with Hermes that was unsuccessfully thwarted by Herse, who was turned to stone for her envy. The Parian Chronicle cites him last, as it works backward from the archonship of Diognetus. Succeeded by Cranaus, he is believed to be either the father of or the same person as Erectheus. Bloodless sacrifice, writing, and monogamy were his innovations. In a contest between Athena and Poseidon, he favored the former, whose olive tree was deemed more useful than the latter's saltwater spring. For 10 points, name this snake-man, th
His exiled son Pandion ruled Megara and sired Aegeus, Theseus' father. Of his daughters, Pandrosus was the least known, while Aglauros had an affair with Hermes that was unsuccessfully thwarted by Herse, who was turned to stone for her envy. The Parian Chronicle cites him last, as it works backward from the archonship of Diognetus. Succeeded by Cranaus, he is believed to be either the father of or the same person as Erectheus. Bloodless sacrifice, writing, and monogamy were his innovations. In a contest between Athena and Poseidon, he favored the former, whose olive tree was deemed more useful than the latter's saltwater spring. For 10 points, name this snake-man, the mythical first king of Athens.
His exiled son Pandion ruled Megara and sired Aegeus, Theseus' father.
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