Praxithea

Praxi'thea

(Πραξιθέα).

1. A daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia, was the wife of Erechtheus, and mother of Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion, Orneus, Procris, Creusa, Chthonia, and Oreithyia. (Apollod. 3.15.1.) Some call her a daughter of Cephissus. (Lycurg. c. Leocrat. 98.)

Praxi'thea

2. A daughter of Thespius. (Apollod. 2.7.8.)

Praxi'thea

3. A daughter of Leus in Athens, and a sister of Theore and Eubule. (Aelian, Ael. VH 12.28.) [L.S]

Praxithea Praxithea, a Naiad nymph

• wife of Erichthonius, mother of Pandion: Apollod. 3.14.6

Praxithea (2)

• at Eleusis: discovers Demophon in the fire: Apollod. 1.5.2

Praxithea(3), daughter of Phrasimus

• wife of Erechtheus, her children: Apollod. 3.14.8, Apollod. 3.15.1

Praxithea(4), daughter of Thespius

• mother of Nephus by Herakles: Apollod. 2.7.8