Greek mythology A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of ...

, Praxander ( el, Πράξανδρος ''Praxandros'', also Latinised as ''Praxandrus'') was the founder, together with Cepheus, of Keryneia in

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...

. 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