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King Erichthonius ( also written Erichthonios, Ancient Greek: ) was a mythological early ruler of ancient Athens, Greece.

He was, according to some legends, autochthonous ( born of the soil, or Earth ) and raised by the goddess Athena.

Early Greek texts do not distinguish between him and Erectheus, his grandson, but by the fourth century B. C.

during Classical times, they are entirely distinct figures.