Cecrops

Cēcrops, ŏpis, m., = Κέκροψ,

• the most ancient king of Attica, who went there from the Egyptian Sais, and was founder of the citadel of Athens (which is hence called Cecropia; v. infra), Hyg. Fab. 48 and 158; Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194; acc. to the fable, half man and half serpent; hence, geminus, Ov. M. 2, 555.—
• II Hence,
• • A Cēcrŏpĭus, a, um, adj.
  • • 1 Of or pertaining to Cecrops, Cecropian; and subst.: Cēcrŏpĭa, ae, f., the citadel of Athens, built by Cecrops, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194: arx, Ov. M. 6, 70; 15, 427.—Hence, meton. for Athens, Cat. 64, 79.—Far more freq.,
    • 2 Pertaining to Athens or Attica, Athenian, Attic: fines, the Attic territory, Lucr. 6, 1139 Lachm.: coloni, Prop. 2 (3), 33, 29: Eumolpus (born at Athens), Ov. M. 11, 93: thymus, Verg. G. 4, 270: apes, id. ib. 4, 177; Mart. 9, 14: mel, id. 13, 24: cothurnus, tragedy, which was native to Athens, Hor. C. 2, 1, 12: domūs opprobrium (on account of Procne, the daughter of the Athenian king Pandion; cf. Atthis), id. ib. 4, 12, 6: fides, i. e. the fidelity of the friends Theseus and Pirithous, Stat. S. 2, 6, 55: dote madent pectora, full of Athenian wisdom, Mart. 7, 69, 2; cf. id. 1, 40.—
  • B Cēcrŏpĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Cecrops; voc. Cecropidā (i. e. Theseus), Ov. M. 8, 550.—Appel. for one of noble descent, Juv. 8, 46 sq.—Plur.: Cē-crŏpĭdae, ārum, Athenians, Ov. M. 7, 486; 7, 502; Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; 9, § 888.—
  • C Cēcrŏpĭs, ĭdis (dat. plur. Cecropidis, Lact. 1, 17, 14; voc. Cecropĭ, Ov. H. 10, 100), f., a female descendant of Cecrops; so his daughter Aglauros, Ov. M. 2, 806; cf. id. ib. 2, 797.—Adj.: ales, i. e. Procne, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 32: virgines, Lact. 1, 17, 14.—In plur., Procne and Philomele, daughters of Pandion, Ov. M. 6, 667.—Also,
  • • 2 An Athenian woman, Juv. 6, 187; and adj. for Attic, of Attica: terra, Ov. H. 10, 100.

Cecrops, opis, m. (Κέκροψ), der älteste König in Attika, Gründer der Burg von Athen, Hyg. fab. 48 u. 158: dem Mythus nach halb Mensch u. halb Schlange, dah. geminus, Ov. met. 2, 555. – Dav.: A) Cecropidēs, ae, m. (Κεκροπίδης), ein Cekropide (= Nachkomme des Cekrops), v. Theseus, Ov. met., 8, 550 (wo Vok. Cecropida). – appell. = ein »Altadeliger, einer von altem Geschlecht«, ast ego Cecropides, Iuven. 8, 46. – Plur. Cecropidae, ārum, m. (wie Κεκροπίδαι), die »Athener«, Verg. Aen. 6, 21. Ov. fast. 3, 81; met. 7, 502 (wo Genet. Cecropidûm). Mart. Cap. 4. § 424 u. 9. § 888. – B) Cecropis, pidis, f. (Κεκροπίς), eine Cekropide = a) ein weiblicher Nachkomme des Cekrops, wie dessen Tochter Aglauros, Ov. met. 2, 806: Pandions Töchter Prokne u. Philomele, Ov. met. 6, 667. – b) eine Athenerin, Iuven. 6, 186. – adi. cekropisch, ales, Prokne, Ov. am. 3, 12, 33: tres virgines, Lact. 1, 17, 14 (wo heterokl. Dat. Cecropidis): terra, Attika, Ov. her. 10, 100 (wo Vok. Cecropi). – C) Cecropius, a, um (Κεκρόπιος), a) cekropisch, Cecr. arx u. subst. bl. Cecropia, ae, f. (Κεκροπία), die von Cekrops erbaute Burg von Athen, Ov. met. 6, 70. Plin. 7, 194; dah. meton. = Athen, Catull. 64, 79. – b) häufiger attisch, fines, Attika, Lucr.: insula, Attika, Plaut.: Eumolpus (zu Athen geboren), Ov.: apes, Verg.: vates, Ov.: cothurnus, der Stil der in Athen heimischen Tragödie, Hor.: Cecropiae domus opprobrium (v. der Prokne, der Tochter des athenischen Königs Pandion), Hor.: fides, die Treue der Freunde Theseus u. Pirithous, Stat.: cuius Cecropiā voce madent pectora, voll attischer Weisheit, Mart.

Cĕcrops, (15) ŏpis, m. (Κέκροψ), Cécrops, [premier roi dʼAthènes] : Ov. M. 2, 555.

Cecrops

(Κέκρωψ). A hero of the Pelasgic race, said to have been the first king of Attica. He was married to Agraulos, daughter of Actaeus, by whom he had a son, Erysichthon, who succeeded him as king of Athens, and three daughters, Agraulos, Hersé, and Pandrosos. In his reign Poseidon and Athené contended for the possession of Attica, but Cecrops decided in favour of the goddess. Cecrops is said to have founded Athens—the citadel of which was called Cecropia, after him—to have divided Attica into twelve communities, and to have introduced the first elements of civilized life. (See Athenae.) He instituted marriage, abolished bloody sacrifices, and taught his subjects how to worship the gods. The later Greek writers describe Cecrops as a native of Saïs in Egypt, who led a colony of Egyptians into Attica, and thus introduced from Egypt the arts of civilized life; but this account is rejected by some of the ancients themselves, and by the ablest modern critics.