El I-Erechtheum Yigama lethempeli lasendulo lamaGrikhi elime ohlangothini olusenyakatho lwe-Acropolis yase-Athene. Kuthathwa njengobuciko bokwakhiwa kwezakhiwo zase-Ionia, leli thempeli lakhiwa phakathi kuka-421 no-406 BC. C. ngu-Mnesicles, ukuze kuthathwe indawo yethempeli lasendulo lika-Athena Polias, elacekelwa phansi amaPheresiya ngesikhathi sezimpi zezokwelapha cishe ngonyaka we-480 BC. C.
Leli thempeli elihle lase-Ionic lalinezindawo ezahlukahlukene zokukhulekela; kuwo wonke umlando wawusebenza njengesonto, isigodlo, izindlu zabesifazane kanye nendawo yokugcina izimpi. Lenziwe ngemabula le-pentelic, leli thempeli laliwukwakhiwa kokugcina okubalulekile okwenziwe e-Acropolis futhi laziwa emhlabeni wonke ngokuqukatha Umpheme wamaCaryatids. I-Erechtheion iyi-unicum, ithempeli le-Ionic lemodeli ekhethekile, umakhi wayo, uMnesiklés, waphinda wabhekana nobunzima obukhulu obabekwa indawo kanye nezindawo ezihlonishwayo zezindawo ezingcwele ezindala ezihlobene nobuhlakani be I-Acropolis.
I-Erechtheion yayinezinkolo ezindala kakhulu zedolobha, futhi yahlukaniselwa onkulunkulu u-Athena Polias, uPoseidon noHephaestus no-Erechtheus, inkosi yasenganekwaneni I-Atenas, owayeshaywe phansi nguPoseidon futhi wangcwatshwa kuleyo ndawo. Leli thempeli lase-Athene linamaseli amabili angawodwana futhi angajwayelekile ngenxa yokungalingani kwendawo ngaphezu kwamapango amathathu angalingani. Umpheme ongasenyakatho uhlukaniswa nokuphakama kwamakholomu awo nobumnandi bezinhloko-dolobha. I-portico ehlangothini oluseningizimu idume ngokuba nama-caryatids ayisithupha noma i-korai.