Praxithea

Family: Eleusinians · Role: woman of the household · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.5

Life events

• Demophon was consumed by fire, prompting Demeter to reveal herself.(Apollodorus, Library 1.5 · 📍 Eleusis)
  • With: Demeter Demophon
  • “But as Demophon — for that was the child's name— grew marvelously by day, Praxithea watched, and discovering him buried in the fire she cried out; wherefore the babe was consumed by the fire and the goddess revealed herself.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.5

• with Demophon (Praxithea watched over Demophon and discovered him in the fire.) “But as Demophon — for that was the child's name— grew marvelously by day, Praxithea watched, and discovering him buried in the fire she cried out”

Apollodorus, Library 2.7

• child: Nephus “by Praxithea he had Nephus”

Apollodorus, Library 3.14

• married with Erichthonius “and married Praxithea, a Naiad nymph”

Apollodorus, Library 3.15

• married with Erechtheus “Erechtheus married Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus by Diogenia, daughter of Cephisus”
• parent: Phrasimus “Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus by Diogenia”
• parent: Diogenia “Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus by Diogenia, daughter of Cephisus”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.