Autochthon, along with his nine siblings, became the heads of ten royal houses, each ruling a tenth portion of the island, according to a partition made by Poseidon himself, but all subject to the supreme dynasty of Atlas who was the eldest of the ten.[3]
Plato, Critias in Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available at the same website.
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autochthon, atlantis, other, uses, autochthon, disambiguation, greek, mythology, autochthon, ancient, greek, Αὐτόχθονα, sons, poseidon, cleito, plato, myth, atlantis, younger, brother, mneseus, other, siblings, were, atlas, eumelus, ampheres, evaemon, elasippu. For other uses see Autochthon disambiguation In Greek mythology Autochthon Ancient Greek Aὐtox8ona was one of the ten sons of Poseidon and Cleito in Plato s myth of Atlantis 1 He was the younger brother of Mneseus and his other siblings were Atlas and Eumelus Ampheres and Evaemon Elasippus and Mestor and lastly Azaes and Diaprepes 2 His name means sprung from the land itself which can be attributed to his grandfather Evenor who was an autochthon and one of original inhabitants of the land Mythology editAutochthon along with his nine siblings became the heads of ten royal houses each ruling a tenth portion of the island according to a partition made by Poseidon himself but all subject to the supreme dynasty of Atlas who was the eldest of the ten 3 Notes edit Plato Critias 113d Plato Critias 114a c Plato Critias 114dReferences editPlato Critias in Plato in Twelve Volumes Vol 9 translated by W R M Lamb Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard University Press London William Heinemann Ltd 1925 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Greek text available at the same website nbsp This article relating to Greek mythology is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Autochthon Atlantis amp oldid 1129793941, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
