Praxidamas

Praxi'damas

(Πραξιδάμας).

1. A writer on poetry or music, probably the latter. Suidas is the only author who expressly mentions him (s. v. ψιάζειν). Harpocration (s. v. Μουσαῖος) seems to allude to memoirs of Praxidamas, written by Aristoxenus. He must, therefore, have lived between the time of Democritus, B. C. 460, and that of Aristoxenus, B. C. 320. (See Jonsius, de Script. Hist. Phil. 1.14. 8, &c.)

Praxi'damas

2. The first athlete who erected a statue of himself at Olympia (Ol. 59, B. C. 544), to commemorate his victory with the cestus. (Paus. 6.18 ; Pindar. Nem. 6.27, &c.) [W.M.G]

Praxidamas Praxidamas, an Aeginetan

• Olympic victor: Paus. 6.18.7