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Above the Cerameicus and the portico called the King's Portico is a temple of Hephaestus. I was not surprised that by it stands a statue of Athena, be cause I knew the story about Erichthonius. But when I saw that the statue of Athena had blue eyes I found out that the legend about them is Libyan. For the Libyans have a saying that the Goddess is the daughter of Poseidon and Lake Tritonis, and for this reason has blue eyes like Poseidon.

Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.

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Commentary references to this page (2):
- Thomas W. Allen, E. E. Sikes, Commentary on the Homeric Hymns, HYMN TO HEPHAESTUS
- Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900), 1.206
Cross-references to this page (6):
- Andrew Stewart, One Hundred Greek Sculptors, Their Careers and Extant Works, In the Wake of the Great Masters
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ATHE´NAE
- Smith's Bio, Aegeus
- Smith's Bio, Aphrodi'te
- Smith's Bio, Porphy'rion
- Smith's Bio, Sy'ria Dea
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Apollodorus, Library, Apollod. 3.14
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (2):
- LSJ, γλαυκός
- LSJ, στοά

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