Ancient sources Quotes
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"Wretched me, whom the father, son of Cronos, will slay by a grievous fate on the threshold of old age, when I have beheld ills full many, my sons perishing and my daughters haled away, and my treasure chambers laid waste, and little children hurled to the ground in the dread conflict, and my sons’ wives being haled away beneath the deadly hands of the Achaeans."
"Second year of the 82nd Olympiad (451 BC), flourished Crates the comedy-writer, Telesilla, Praxilla, and Cleobulina."
"Praxilla of Sicyon, too, was admired for the drinking-songs she wrote."
"Praxilla was portrayed in bronze by Lysippus, although she spoke nonsense in her poetry."
"Sillier than Praxilla’s Adonis."