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Praxilla

500 BC - 500 BC

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Praxilla (Ancient Greek: Πράξιλλα), was a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC from Sicyon on the Gulf of Corinth. Five quotations attributed to Praxilla and three paraphrases from her poems survive. The surviving fragments attributed to her come from both religious choral lyric and drinking songs (skolia); the three paraphrases are all versions of myths. Various social contexts have been suggested for Praxilla based on this range of surviving works. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Praxilla is the 2,662nd most popular writer (down from 2,521st in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from Greece (down from 476th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Praxilla ranks 2,662 out of 7,302. Before her are Jerzy Andrzejewski, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Stanko Vraz, Vydūnas, Betti Alver, and John Millington Synge. After her are Raul Hilberg, John Wyndham, Louise Colet, Margaret Fuller, Kjell Askildsen, and María Elena Walsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Praxilla ranks 58. Before her are Corax of Syracuse, Lamachus, Theagenes of Thasos, Sophron, Li Kui, and Gylippus. After her are Anaxilas, Hecatomnus, Callicratidas, Apollodorus, Metrodorus of Chios, and Hyperbolus. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Praxilla ranks 38. Before her are Spurius Lartius, Agoracritus, Corax of Syracuse, Theagenes of Thasos, Lie Yukou, and Titus Aebutius Elva. After her are Hydarnes, Artazostre, Acusilaus, Xanthus, Aristodemus of Cumae, and Douris.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Praxilla ranks 509 out of 1,024. Before her are Aristidis Konstantinidis (1900), Theodoros Pangalos (1878), Georgios Koletis (1801), Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), George Dalaras (1949), and Patrona Halil (1690). After her are Ioannis Georgiadis (1876), Theodorus Gaza (1398), Stelios Kazantzidis (1931), Archidamus V (-250), Ablabius (300), and Callicratidas (-500).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Praxilla ranks 56. Before her are Telesilla (-500), Posidippus (-310), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Eupolis (-446), Isaeus (-420), and Antigonus of Carystus (-290). After her are Theodorus Gaza (1398), Acusilaus (-600), Philitas of Cos (-400), Crates (-350), Kostis Palamas (1859), and Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851).

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