Patraeus

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

PATRAEUS(Πατραεύς), a place in the Cimmerian Bosporus, 130 stadia from Corocondame, and near the monument of Satyrus, the ruler of the Bosporus. Klaproth places Patraeus at Akburun, 5 versts S. of Kertch. (Strab. 11. p. 494; Böckh, Inscr. vol. 2. p. 163, n. 2127; Klaproth, Nouv. Journal Asiatique, vol. i. pp. 67, 290 ; Ukert, vol. iii. pt. 2. p. 488.)