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Praxilla of Sicyon (Greek: Πράξιλλα), was a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC. She was a contemporary of Telesilla. Antipater of Thessalonica lists her first among his canon of nine "immortal-tongued" women poets She was highly esteemed in her time. Evidence of this is shown in that Lysippus, a famous sculptor, made a bronze statue of her. In addition to this statue a vase was found with the first four words of a poem, she had written, on it.

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  • Praxilla of Sicyon (Greek: Πράξιλλα), was a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC. She was a contemporary of Telesilla. Antipater of Thessalonica lists her first among his canon of nine "immortal-tongued" women poets She was highly esteemed in her time. Evidence of this is shown in that Lysippus, a famous sculptor, made a bronze statue of her. In addition to this statue a vase was found with the first four words of a poem, she had written, on it.
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  • Praxilla of Sikyon
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  • A poet of the 5th century. There is very little surviving of her works.
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