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Before the Athenian democracy, the tyrants, and the archons, Athens was ruled by kings. Most of these are probably mythical or only semi-historical. This list is based on that given by Eusebius.

Earliest kings

These two kings were supposed to have ruled before the flood of the Deucalion story.

Erechthids or Cecropidae

Cecrops was considered the first true king of Athens, although he was a mythical half-man half-serpent. The dates for the following kings were conjectured centuries later. After Codrus's death, his heirs ceased to be kings, and became hereditary archons. In 753 BC the hereditary archonship was replaced by a non-hereditary system (see Archons of Athens).
Athenian democracy (sometimes called Direct democracy) developed in the Greek city-state of Athens. (comprising the central city-state of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica).
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tyrant is a single ruler holding vast, if not absolute power through a state or in an organization. The term carries connotations of a harsh and cruel ruler who places his/her own interests or the interests of a small oligarchy over the best interests of the general population
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Archon (Gr. άρχων, pl. άρχοντες) is a Greek word that means "ruler" or the like, though it is frequently encountered as the title of some specific public office.
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Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max): 70 - 338 m (0 - 0 ft)
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monarch (see sovereignty) is a type of ruler or head of state. Monarchs almost always inherit their titles and are rulers for life; that is, they have no term limit. Historically monarchs have been more or less absolute rulers.
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The word mythology (from the Greek μύθολογία mythología, from μυθολογείν mythologein
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Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 275 – May 30, 339) (often called Eusebius Pamphili, "Eusebius [the friend] of Pamphilus") was a bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina and is often referred to as the father of Church history because of his work in recording the history of the
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Deucalion (ancient Greek: Δευκαλίων) was a son of Prometheus and Pronoia. When the anger of Zeus was ignited against the hubris of the Pelasgians, Zeus decided to put an end to the Bronze Age with
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Ogyges, Ogygus or Ogygos (Greek: Ὠγύγης or Ὠγύγος) is a primeval mythological ruler in ancient Greece, generally of Boeotia, [1]
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Actaeus (Gr. Ακταιος) was the first king of Athens, according to Pausanias.[1] He was the son of Erisichthon, father of Agraulus, and father-in-law to Cecrops, the second king of Athens.
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Cecrops (Greek: Κέκρωψ) is a mythical king of Athens. The name means 'face with a tail': it is said that, born from the earth itself, he had his top half shaped like a man and the bottom half in
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    In Greek mythology, Cranaus was the second King of Athens, succeeding Cecrops I.

    He was autochthonous (born from the earth), like his predecessor. During his reign the flood of the Deucalion story was thought to have occurred.
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      Amphictyon (Greek ̓Αμφικτυών), in Greek mythology, was the second son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, although there was also a tradition that he was autochthonous (born from the earth).
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        Erichthonius (also called Erichthonios or Erichthonios), an early king of Athens, was, according to some legends, autochthonous (born of the soil) and raised by the goddess Athena.
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          In Greek mythology, Pandion I was a legendary king of Athens, the son and heir to Erichthonius of Athens and his wife, the naiad Praxithea. He married his maternal aunt, Zeuxippe, and they had four children, Erechtheus, Butes, Procne, and Philomela. His rule was unremarkable.
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            Erechtheus in Greek Mythology was the name of a king of Athens, and a secondary name for two other characters
            1. In Homer's Iliad the name is applied to the earth-born son of Hephaestus mostly called Erechthonius by later writers.

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              Cecrops II was the legendary or semi-legendary son of Pandion I and inherited the Athenian throne from his brother Erechtheus. He was succeeded by his son Pandion II (though Pandion II has also been said to be his nephew, the son of Erechtheus).
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              In Greek mythology, Pandion II was son and heir of Cecrops II, King of Athens. and his wife Metiadusa. He was exiled from Athens by the sons of his uncle Metion who sought to put Metion on the throne. Pandion fled to Megara where he married Pylia, daughter of King Pylas.
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              Aegeus, also Aigeus, Aegeas or Aigeas, was an archaic figure in the founding myth of Athens. The "goat-man" who gave his name to the Aegean sea was the father of Theseus, the founder of Athenian institutions and one of the kings of Athens.
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              Theseus (Greek Θησεύς) was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night.
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              Menestheus, the son of Peteus, son of Orneus, son of Erechtheus, was a legendary King of Athens during the Trojan War. He was set up as king by the Dioscuri when Theseus travelled to the underworld, and when Theseus returned Menestheus exiled him from Athens.
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              Demophon was a king of Athens and son of Theseus. In Euripides' play, Heracleidae, Demophon granted the children of Heracles, who were fleeing from Eurystheus, refuge in Athens.
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              In Greek mythology, there were at least three different people named Thymoetes.
              • The first was one of the elders of Troy (also spelled Thymoitos). A soothsayer had predicted, that on a certain day a boy should be born, by whom Troy should be destroyed.

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              In Greek mythology, Melantus was a king of Messenia.

              Another Melantus was a king of Athens, the successor of Thymoetes, succeeded by Codrus

              External links

              • Reference in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

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