temple on the Acropolis in Athens, built 5th cent. : it contains famous examples of Ionic architecture
Origin of Erechtheum
Classical Greek Erechtheion from Erechtheus, literally , the render, a mythical king of Athens supposedly entombed there from erechthein, to rend, break from Indo-European base an unverified form rekth-, to harm from source Sanskrit ráksas-, torment