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Praxiqea
Praxithea
Commerce-Goddess,
Exacting-Goddess
(praxis, thea) |
PRAXITHEA was the Naiad Nymph of a spring, well or fountain of the town of Athens (perhaps that of the markets). She was the wife of the early Athenian king Erekhtheus.
Her name was derived from the words praxis, meaning either business transaction or the exacting of something, and thea, goddess. She may be connected with the Athenian goddesses Praxidikai.
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| [1.1] PHRASIMOS & DIOGENEIA (Apollodorus 3.196) |
| OFFSPRING |
[1.1] PANDION (by Erikhthonios) (Apollodorus 3.190)
[2.1] KEKROPS, PANDOROS, METION, PROKRIS, KREOUSA, KHTHONIA, OREITHYIA (by Erekhtheus) (Apollodorus 3.196) |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
PRAXI′THEA (Praxithea). A daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia, was the wife of Erechtheus, and mother of Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion, Orneus, Procris, Creusa, Chthonia, and Oreithyia. (Apollod. iii. 15. § 1.) Some call her a daughter of Cephissus. (Lycurg. c. Leocrat. 98.)
PASI′THEA (Pasithea). A Naiad, the wife of Erichthonius and mother of Pandion. (Apollod. iii. 14. § 6; comp. iii. 15. § 1, where she is called Praxithea.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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"[Erikhthonios of Athens] married a Naias Nymphe named Praxithea, and with her had a son Pandion." - Apollodorus, The Library 3.190
"Erekhtheus [King of Athens] married Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimos and Kephisos' daughter Diogeneia, and had sons named Kekrops, Pandoros, and Metion, and daughters named Prokris, Kreusa, Khthonia, and Oreithyia, whom Boreas kidnapped." - Apollodorus, The Library 3.196
Sources:
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC
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