Praxithea

Praxithea

In Greek mythology, Praxithea ( _el. Πραξιθέα) or Pasithea was a name attributed to five women.

*Praxithea the naiad, a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. According to Apollodorus Praxithea married Erichthonius of Athens and by him had a son named Pandion I.

*Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogenia, daughter of the river-god Cephissus. She married Erechtheus and bore him Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion, Thespius, Eupalamus, Sicyon, Orneus, Procris, Creusa, Merope, Chthonia, and Orithyia. [Apollodorus. "The Library", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus3.html 3.15.1] .] [Diodorus Siculus. "Library of History", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/DiodorusSiculus4B.html 4.29] .] [Diodorus Siculus. "Library of History", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/DiodorusSiculus4D.html 4.76.1] .] [Pausanias. "Description of Greece", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias2A.html 2.6.5] .] [Pausanias. "Description of Greece", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias2A.html 2.25.6] .] [Plutarch. "Life of Theseus", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/PlutarchTheseus.html 5] .]

*Praxithea was the woman that cried out when she saw Demeter holding Metanira's son Demophon in the fires, thus preventing him from becoming immortal. [Apollodorus. "The Library", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html 1.5.1] .]

*Praxithea, daughter of Leos. Along with her sisters, Theope and Eubule, she sacrificed herself in order to save Athens. In another version, their father was the one who offered them up to sacrifice. [ [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Ap3d.html Theoi Project - Apollodorus] ]

*Praxithea, one of the fifty daughters of Thespius and Megamede. She bore Heracles a son, Nephus. [Apollodorus. "The Library", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus2.html 2.7.8] .]

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*Apollodorus, 1921. "Apollodorus, The Library" (English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Apollod%2e+3%2e14%2e6 (Perseus)] .
*James, Vanessa, 2003. "The Genealogy of Greek Mythology". Penguin Group (USA) Inc.


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