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    Praxilla ( Greek: Πράξιλλα ), was a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC from Sicyon on the Gulf of Corinth. Five quotations and three paraphrases from her poems survive. The surviving fragments of her work come from both religious choral lyric and drinking songs ( skolia ); the three paraphrases are all versions of myths.

  2. Praxilla's Legacy was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan in 2020 through the Portable Animus HR-8.5. After helping Praxilla to restore her lyre, Kassandra was asked to escort her to the poetry festival Praxilla: The misthios returns!

  3. Mar 17, 2016 · This month’s sculpture from Hadrian ’s Villa is a marble statue of a dancing female figure, thought to be a portrait of Praxilla of Sikyon. Praxilla was a female poet writing in the mid-fifth century BC. She came from Sikyon, a city situated on a fertile coastal plain beside the Corinthian Gulf in the northeast Peloponnese (see images of ...

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  5. of Praxilla's Legacy. 1. Escort Praxilla. Follow her to the stage. 2. Talk to Praxilla. If you want to please Praxilla and the audience, choose bold options (Praxilla told you her favorite poem at the beginning of this quest.) "The most beautiful thing I leave is the light of the moon." or " The most beautiful thing I leave is the light of the sun.

  6. Praxilla was a Greek healer who resided in the Green Mountains region of Cyrenaica during the 1st century BCE. She devoted her life to healing the poor in her father Theramenes' makeshift clinic in Balagrae. During the mid-1st century BCE, Praxilla served as a healer in the Green Mountains region, providing aid to the residents in the area, including the Siwan farmers who worked in the ...

  7. Praxilla (fl. 450 bce) Greek musician and poet, famous for her drinking songs. Born in Sicyon; flourished about 450 bce. When ancient Greeks gathered around the table for a few glasses of wine, they often sang drinking songs composed by Praxilla, one of the so-called nine "lyric" Muses. Born in Sicyon in the middle of the 5th century bce ...

  8. Praxilla was an influential Greek lyric poet who lived during the 5th century BCE. She was the wife of Achaikos and the mother of Orchimedes. Hailing from the polis of Sikyon, Praxilla was a well known poet amongst her peers even in her youth. At some point, she met and married Achaikos who, understanding her passion for poetry, crafted her a lyre which she named after him. After having a ...

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