Preugenes
Family: Achaia · Role: father of Patreus · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 2
Preugenes and his son Patreus were allowed by the Achæans to build Patræ in their territory; the city was named after Patreus. He was also described as Patreus’s father and as a grandson of Agenor.
While the Dorians were in possession of Lacedæmon and Argos, Preugenes took the statue of Artemis Limnatis from Sparta in obedience to a dream. At Patræ, he was honored with annual funereal rites at his tomb, like Patreus. A gate there bore golden effigies of Preugenes, Patreus, and Atherion, described as companions and contemporaries.
Relationship record
Life events
- Preugenes and Patreus were allowed to build the city of Patræ.(Book 7 · Chapter 6 · 📍 Patræ)
- With: Patreus
- “Equal authority to them had Preugenes and his son Patreus from Lacedæmon; who were allowed by the Achæans to build a city in their territory, which was called Patræ after Patreus.”
- Preugenes took the statue of Artemis Limnatis from Sparta after obeying a dream.(Book 7 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Sparta)
- With: Artemis
- “While the Dorians were already in possession of Lacedæmon and Argos, they say that Preugenes in obedience to a dream took the statue of Artemis Limnatis from Sparta”
- Preugenes receives annual funereal rites at his tomb, like Patreus.(Book 7 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Patræ)
- “And in front of the temple of Athene is the tomb of Preugenes, to whom they offer funereal rites as to Patreus annually, at the time of the celebration of the feast to Artemis Limnatis.”
Book 3 · Chapter 2
- child: Patreus “Patreus the son of Preugenes founded the city in Achaia called to this day Patræ after him”
Book 7 · Chapter 6
- child: Patreus “Equal authority to them had Preugenes and his son Patreus from Lacedæmon; who were allowed by the Achæans to build a city in their territory, which was called Patræ after Patreus.”
Book 7 · Chapter 18
- child: Patreus (Preugenes is Patreus's father.) “Patreus the son of Preugenes and grandson of Agenor forbade the Achæans to settle at Anthea and Mesatis”
- parent: Agenor (son of Areus) (Agenor is Preugenes's father.) “Patreus the son of Preugenes and grandson of Agenor”
Book 7 · Chapter 20
- friends with Patreus (They are described as companions and contemporaries.) “the device on the gate consists of golden effigies of Patreus and Preugenes and Atherion, all three companions and contemporaries.”
- friends with Atherion (They are described as companions and contemporaries.) “the device on the gate consists of golden effigies of Patreus and Preugenes and Atherion, all three companions and contemporaries.”
- with Artemis (Preugenes took the statue of Artemis Limnatis from Sparta.) “they say that Preugenes in obedience to a dream took the statue of Artemis Limnatis from Sparta,”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.