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Greek mythology A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the Cosmogony, origin and Cosmology#Metaphysical co ...
, Praxander ( el, Πράξανδρος ''Praxandros'', also Latinised as ''Praxandrus'') was the founder, together with Cepheus, of
Keryneia Kyrenia ( el, Κερύνεια ; tr, Girne ) is a city on the northern coast of Cyprus, noted for its historic harbour and castle. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. While there is evidence showing that the wider region ...
in
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. He is mentioned in the poem ''Alexandra'', attributed to
Lycophron Lycophron (; grc-gre, Λυκόφρων ὁ Χαλκιδεύς; born about 330–325 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek tragic poet, grammarian, sophist, and commentator on comedy, to whom the poem ''Alexandra'' is attributed (perhaps falsely). Life and ...
, as an Achaean, not from noble descent.English translation of Alexandra
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Ancient Achaeans Mythological city founders People from Achaea {{Greek-myth-stub