Areus (mythology)

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Areus ( Greek  Ἀρεύς ), the son of Ampyx , was the father of Agenor in Greek mythology . He was a descendant of the Spartan king Lacedaemon . His great-grandson was Patreus , after whom the city of Patras was named.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pausanias , Travels in Greece , 7, 18, 5.