Praxithea

Mortal queen of Athens, wife of Erechtheus (greek_erechtheus, authored in this batch) and mother of Creusa of Athens (greek_creusa_athens) and Oreithyia (greek_oreithyia). Supplied by Creusa Athens's prose ('Daughter of Erechtheus ... and Praxithea').

Children

• Cecrops II
• Creusa of Athens
• Metion
• Oreithyia
• Pandorus
• Procris

Domains

• priesthood

Epithets

• Πραξιθέα βασίλεια — Queen PraxitheaEur. Erechtheus fr. 360 Kannicht (primary)

Relations

• spouse: ErechtheusApollod. 3.15.1; Eur. Erechtheus fr. 360 Kannicht (primary)
• mother of: Creusa of AthensEur. Ion 10-11; Apollod. 3.15.1 (primary)
• mother of: OreithyiaApollod. 3.15.1-2 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Apollodorus 3.15.1; Euripides Erechtheus fr. 360-370 Kannicht; Lycurgus Against Leocrates 98-101 (primary)