Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.18.5

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Passage 7.18.5: Founding of Patras by Patreus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀχαιῶν δὲ ὕστερον ἐκβαλόντων Ἴωνας, Πατρεὺς ὁ Πρευγένους τοῦ Ἀγήνορος ἐς μὲν Ἄνθειαν καὶ ἐς Μεσάτιν μὴ ἐνοικίζεσθαι τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς ἀπεῖπε, περίβολον δὲ τείχους πρὸς τῇ Ἀρόῃ βαλόμενος μείζονα, ἵνα ἐντός οἱ τοῦ περιβόλου καὶ ἡ Ἀρόη γένηται, ὄνομα ἔθετο ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ Πάτρας τῇ πόλει. Ἀγήνωρ δὲ ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ Πρευγένους Ἀρέως παῖς ἦν τοῦ Ἄμπυκος, ὁ δὲ Ἄμπυξ Πελίου τοῦ Αἰγινήτου τοῦ Δηρείτου τοῦ Ἁρπάλου τοῦ Ἀμύκλα τοῦ Λακεδαίμονος.

English Translation

Later, when the Achaeans expelled the Ionians, Patreus, the son of Preugenes, son of Agenor, forbade the Achaeans to settle in Antheia and Mesatis. Instead, he enclosed a larger area with a wall around Aroe, ensuring that Aroe too would stand within the enclosure, and he named the city Patras after himself. Agenor, the father of Preugenes, was the son of Areus, who was the son of Ampyx, Ampyx being the son of Pelias, who was son of Aeginetes, son of Dereites, son of Harpalus, son of Amyclas, son of Lacedaemon.

Proper Nouns

Ares (Ἄρης) deity Q40901
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) people Q191962
Ionians (Ἴωνες) people Q465331
Also in: 7.1.4 7.2.3
Aeginetan (Αἰγινήτης) person
Dereites (Δηρεῖτος) person
Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) person Q4253257
Pelios (Πέλιος) person
Patreus (Πατρεύς) person
Preugenes (Πρευγενής) person
Agenor (Ἀγήνωρ) person
Amyklas (Ἀμύκλας) person Q2844594
Ampyx (Ἄμπυξ) person
Harpalus (Ἅρπαλος) person Q462994
Mesatis (Μεσάτις) place Q16332586
Patrae (Πάτραι) place Q56398976
Aroe (Ἀρόη) place Q12874112
Antheia (Ἄνθεια) place Q60790607
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