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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

Mythical, daughter of CECROPS, a legendary king of ATHENS. Aglaurus and her sisters were tasked by ATHENA with guarding the box which contained the infant Erichthonius; they opened it, went mad, and leapt from the ACROPOLIS to their deaths (Gantz, EGM 235–38). Herodotus mentions Aglaurus’ sanctuary as the place where Persian troops ascended, despite the steep cliff, and captured the Acropolis during the first invasion of 480 BCE (8.53; Paus. 1.18.2). Herodotus’ description of the Persian approach had created debate about which side he meant, but the discovery in 1980 of a third‐century BCE INSCRIPTION at the base of the eastern end of the Acropolis allowed scholars to locate the sanctuary of Aglaurus there (Dontas 1983; SEG 46‐137; Hurwit 1999, 136).

SEE ALSO: Epigraphy; Myth; Persian Wars; Temples and Sanctuaries