Pandrosus

I.e. "the all-bedewing," or "refreshing," was a daughter of Cecrops and Agraulus, and a sister of Erysichthon, Herse, and Agraulus. According to some accounts she was by Hermes the mother of Ceryx.1

She was worshiped at Athens, along with Thallo, and had a sanctuary there near the temple of Athena Polias.

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References

Notes

  1. Pollux. Onomasticon viii, 9.

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece i, 2.5, 27.3; ix, 35.1.
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library ii, 14.2, 6.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.