Patreus

Patreus (Ancient Greek: Πατρεύς; Modern Greek: Πατρέας, Patreas) was the mythical founder of the city of Patras, Greece.

Family

Patreus was the son of Preugenes and ninth descendant of Lacedaemon, the founder of Sparta.^[1]

Mythology

Patreus was the leader of the

ancient greek: "Πάτραι"), after Patreus, its mythical founder.^[3]^[4] His tomb was shown in the city's marketplace, next to the statue of Athena.^[5]

Notes

^ Pausanias, 3.2.1
^ Pausanias, 7.6.2
^ Pausanias, 7.18.5
^ Other sources, such as Strabo (8. 3. 2), claimed that Patras was created after the unification of seven cities and not three.
^ Pausanias, 7.20.5

References

ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library

Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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[1] Pausanias, 3.2.1

[2] Pausanias, 7.6.2

[3] Pausanias, 7.18.5

[4] Other sources, such as Strabo (8. 3. 2), claimed that Patras was created after the unification of seven cities and not three.

[5] Pausanias, 7.20.5

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