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