[81] Ἐρεχθῆος … δόμον, ‘the strong house of Erechtheus’ is the temple in the Acropolis dedicated to the joint worship of Athena and Erechtheus, as in Il.5. 447 we find Leto and Artemis sharing a temple with Apollo. Cp. Il.2. 547“Ἀθήνας” . .
“δῆμον Ἐρεχθῆος μεγαλήτορος, ὅν ποτ᾽ Ἀθήνη”“θρέψε, Διὸς θυγάτηρ, τέκε δὲ ζείδωρος ἄρουρα”,
“κὰδ δ᾽ ἐν Ἀθήνῃς εἷσεν ἑῷ ἐνὶ πιόνι νηῷ”. Herodot. tacitly refers to this passage in 8. 55 “ἔστι ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλι ταύτῃ Ἐρεχθέος τοῦ γηγενέος λεγομένου εἶναι νηὸς ἐν τῷ ἐλαίη τε καὶ θάλασσα ἔνι”.
