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Praxilla
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“Κάλλιστον μὲν ἐγὼ λείπω φάος ἠελίοιο, δεύτερον ἄστρα φαεινὰ σεληναίης τε πρόσωπον ἠδὲ καὶ ὡραίους σικύους καὶ μῆλα καὶ ὄγχνας·”
Praxilla (501–501 BC) said by 501 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fragment quoted by , Proverbs, 4, 21; as translated by A. C. Benson, The Reed of Pan (1922), "In the Underworld
“Ὦ διὰ τᾶς θυρίδος καλὸν ἐμβλέποισα, παρθένε τὰν κεφαλὰν, τὰ δ᾿ ἔνερθε νύμφα.”
Praxilla (501–501 BC) said by 501 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fragment quoted by Hephaestion, Handbook of Metre, 25; as translated by , OBGVT (1938), "At the Window
“Ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίον, ὦ ἑταῖρε, φυλάσσεο.”
Praxilla (501–501 BC) said by 501 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fragment quoted by the scholiast on Aristophanes, , 529, as translated by J. M. Edmonds, Lyra Graeca, Vol. 3 (1927), p. 77; Aristophanes: τὴν παροιμίαν δ᾿ ἐπαινῶ | τὴν παλαιάν· ὑπὸ λίθῳ γὰρ | παντί που χρὴ | μὴ δάκῃ ῥήτ…
“Second year of the 82nd Olympiad (451 BC), flourished Crates the comedy-writer, Telesilla, Praxilla, and Cleobulina.”
Praxilla (501–501 BC) said by 501 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Praxilla of Sicyon, too, was admired for the drinking-songs she wrote.”
Praxilla (501–501 BC) said by 501 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Praxilla was portrayed in bronze by Lysippus, although she spoke nonsense in her poetry.”
Praxilla (501–501 BC) said by 501 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sillier than Praxilla’s Adonis.”
Praxilla (501–501 BC) said by 501 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source