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"Ὦ διὰ τᾶς θυρίδος καλὸν ἐμβλέποισα, παρθένε τὰν κεφαλὰν, τὰ δ᾿ ἔνερθε νύμφα."
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Praxilla, 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
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"Sillier than Praxilla’s Adonis."
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"Ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίον, ὦ ἑταῖρε, φυλάσσεο."
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"Second year of the 82nd Olympiad (451 BC), flourished Crates the comedy-writer, Telesilla, Praxilla, and Cleobulina."
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"Praxilla of Sicyon, too, was admired for the drinking-songs she wrote."
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"Praxilla was portrayed in bronze by Lysippus, although she spoke nonsense in her poetry."
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"Κάλλιστον μὲν ἐγὼ λείπω φάος ἠελίοιο, δεύτερον ἄστρα φαεινὰ σεληναίης τε πρόσωπον ἠδὲ καὶ ὡραίους σικύους καὶ μῆλα καὶ ὄγχνας·"
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