About Praxagoras of Athens
Lived 300 – 400. Praxagoras of Athens was a historian.
Praxagoras of Athens was a pagan historian in the early 4th century AD.
He was born in Athens and wrote three historical works, which are all lost: a history of the Kings of Athens, a history of Alexander the Great, and a panegyric biography of the emperor Constantine. A few fragments of the biography of Constantine are preserved in the Bibliotheca of Photius (cod. 62).
Dindorf's 1870 Minor Greek Historians Praxagoras' fragments start on page 438.
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Who was Praxagoras of Athens?
ancient Greek historian
When was Praxagoras of Athens born?
Praxagoras of Athens was born in 300 in Athens.
When did Praxagoras of Athens die?
Praxagoras of Athens died in 400.
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Praxagoras of Athens was a historian.
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