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Praxilla

500 BC - 500 BC

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Praxilla (‹See Tfd›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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Praxilla has received more than 56,565 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Praxilla is the 2,521st most popular writer (up from 2,555th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Greece (up from 480th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 57k

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  • 54.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Praxilla ranks 2,521 out of 7,302. Before her are Bella Rosenfeld, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Ilse Aichinger, Hermann Sudermann, Suman Pokhrel, and T. H. White. After her are Bernard Werber, Margaret Fuller, Heinrich Hoffmann, John Edward Williams, John Mandeville, and Jung Chang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Praxilla ranks 62. Before her are Theagenes of Thasos, Lamachus, Li Kui, Callicratidas, Timon of Athens, and Apollodorus. After her are Gylippus, Stateira, Musaeus of Athens, Inaros II, Thrasybulus of Syracuse, and Androtion. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Praxilla ranks 36. Before her are Artaphernes, Lie Yukou, Titus Lartius, Agoracritus, Aristodemus of Cumae, and Theagenes of Thasos. After her are Douris, Inaros II, Acusilaus, Euthymides, Hydarnes, and Artazostre.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Praxilla ranks 476 out of 1,024. Before her are Menedemus (-340), Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778), Panagiotis Pikrammenos (1945), Mentor of Rhodes (-380), Antigonus of Carystus (-290), and Apollodorus (-500). After her are Demaratus of Corinth (-700), Georgios Kondylis (1878), Ieronymos II of Athens (1938), Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), Demophon of Athens (null), and George Dalaras (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Praxilla ranks 59. Before her are Asclepiades of Samos (-320), Phylarchus (-255), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Dionysios Solomos (1798), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), and Antigonus of Carystus (-290). After her are Philitas of Cos (-400), Kostis Palamas (1859), Antiphanes (-388), Acusilaus (-600), Anyte of Tegea (-290), and Theodor Kallifatides (1938).

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