In Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

, Praxander ( Praxandros) was the founded of Keryneia in Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 and was also the king.

It is said that an ancient poet Lycophron

Lycophron

Lycophron was a Hellenistic Greek tragic poet, grammarian, and commentator on comedy, to whom the poem Alexandra is attributed .-Life and miscellaneous works:...

, was an Achaean from the Achaean city of Keryneia

Keryneia, Greece

Keryneia is a Greek village located west of Corinth and Athens, north-northwest of Kalavryta and east of Aigio and Patras. The GR-9 Keryneia (Greek: Κερύνεια) is a Greek village located west of Corinth and Athens, north-northwest of Kalavryta and east of Aigio and Patras. The GR-9 Keryneia...

 along with the brother of Cepheus

Cepheus

Cepheus may refer to:In Greek Mythology:* Cepheus, King of Aethiopia, in Greek mythology* Cepheus, King of Tegea, the king of Tegea, Arcadia in Greek mythologyIn Astronomy:...

 and settled and founded Keryneia in Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

. It is said that it did not had a royal escent and was descended from a silver generation and its people were without a naval tradition.

Sources

• Lycophron, retrieved on Politis
  Politis
  Politis is a weekly left-wing "anti-capitaliste" French newspaper, founded in 1988.It is a founding member of ATTAC NGO, and Le Monde diplomatique has taken a 30% share in it.Circulation : about 17,000 .Price : 3€...
  
   on October 13, 2007
• Lycophron 586-91, retrieved from Styx
  Styx (newspaper)
  Styx or Stix is a weekly newspaper that features local and general information. It is based in Akrata in the eastern part of the Achaea prefecture in Greece. It was first published in 2004. It is the Independent Cultural and Political Newspaper of the Northern Peloponnese...
  
  on December 22, 2008