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The Athenians were the name given to the Achaeans (Greeks) native to the city of Athens and the region of Attica.

Royal House of Athens Genealogical Chart

Rulers of Attica and Athens[]

Pre-Deucalion Deluge Kings[]

  1. Periphas. turned into an eagle by Zeus
  2. Ogygus, son of Boeotus, son of Arne, daughter of Aeolus (son of Hellen)
  3. Porphyrion, founder of the sanctuary of Aphrodite Urania on Athmoneis
  4. Colaenus, descendant of Hermes, erected a temple to the goddess, invoking her as Artemis Colænis
  5. Actaeus, autochthonous. Father of Agraulus, and father-in-law to Cecrops
Cécrops Meyers

Cecrops I

Birth of Erichthonius

Erichthonius

Krater Warrior BM F158

Aegeus, recognizes Theseus as his son

Erichtheids[]

  1. Cecrops I, autochthonous or son of Hephaestus and Gaia, son-in-law of Actaeus, married to Agraulus
  2. Cranaus, autochthonous, married to Pedias and by her he is the father of Atthis, Cranaë, Cranaechme, and Rarus
  3. Amphictyon , son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, son-in-law of Cranaus, married to his unnamed daughter (who some identify as Atthis or Cranaë), he deposed Cranaus
  4. Erichthonius, autochthonous or son of Hephaestus and Atthis or Athena and Gaia, usurped the throne from Amphictyon, he married the nymph Praxithea
  5. Pandion I, son of Erichthonius and Praxithea
  6. Erechtheus, son of Pandion I, father of Metion, grandfather of the famous architect-hero Daedalus
  7. Cecrops II, son of Erechtheus
  8. Pandion II, son of Cecrops II, 
  9. ​​Aegeus, son of Pandion II usurped the throne from Pandion II, brother of Lycus, king of Lycia
  10. ​​Theseus, legitimate or adopted son of Aegeus and Aethra, son of Poseidon and Aethra, father of Demophon and Acamas with Phaedra
  11. Menestheus, son of Peteus, grand-son of Orneus, great-grandson of Erectheus
  12. Demophon, son of Theseus
  13. Oxyntes, son of Demophon
  14. ​​Apheidas, son of Oxyntes
  15. Thymoetes, son of Oxyntes, brother of Apheidas

Neleids[]

  1. Melanthus, son of Paeon, grandson of Antilochus, great-grandson of King Nestor of Messenia, also King of Messenia before he fled
  2. Codrus , son of Melanthus, last king of Athens, sacrificed himself to save Attica from the Heraclids
  3. Medon , son of Codrus, succeeded him as first Archon of Athens, rather than King. First historical Archon of Athens

Notable Heroes[]

  • Theseus, later becoming a ruler
  • Pandion, an earlier hero regarded as founding the tribe Pandionis
  • Erichthonius and Cecrops, founding heroes of Attica and Athens and inventors of many things

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