Pandrosos

• daughter of Cecrops and sister of Aglauros and Herse, Ov. M. 2, 559; 2, 738.

(Πάνδροσος), i.e. "the allbedewing," or "refreshing," was a daughter of Cecrops and Agraulos, and a sister of Erysichthon, Herse, and Aglauros. According to some accounts she was by Hermes the mother of Ceryx (Pollux, Onom. 8.9). She was worshipped at Athens, along with Thallo, and had a sanctuary there near the temple of Athena Polias (Apollod. 3.14. §§ 2, 6; Paus. 1.2.5, 27.3, 9.35.1). Respecting her probable representation in one of the pediments of the Parthenon, see Welcker, in the Class. Mus. vol. iii. p. 380, &c. [L.S]

(Πάνδροσος). “All bedewing.” A daughter of Cecrops of Athens, first priestess of Athené, honoured together with her in a sanctuary of her own, the Pandroseion, on the Acropolis of Athens. See Cecrops.

• Paus. 1.2.6
• daughter of Cecrops by Agraulus: Apollod. 3.14.1
• receives Erichthonius in a chest from Athena: Apollod. 3.14.6, Paus. 1.18.2
• her sisters open the chest, see a serpent, and throw themselves from the Acropolis: Apollod. 3.14.6
• worshipped with Thallo by Athenians: Paus. 9.35.2
• her temple at Athens: Paus. 1.27.2