Preugenes

Preugenes

Preugenes (Ancient Greek: Πρευγένης) was a mythical king of Achaea in Greece. He was a descendant of King Lacedaemon of Sparta, and the son of Agenor. Preugenes was the father of Patreus[1] who founded the city of Patras.[2]


Notes

  1. Pausanias, 7.18.5
  2. Pausanias, 7.6.2

References

  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 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.



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