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Praxagoras

ancient Greek physician
Person Human Q935664

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
340 BC
Date of death
300 BC
Place of birth
Kos
Occupation
physician
Languages spoken, written or signed
Ancient Greek[13]
Described by source
Pauly–Wissowa, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10][11][12]
Movement
Dogmatic school[9]
Significant place
Kos[16]
Student
Herophilos, Pleistonicus, Philotimus[5][6][7]
Time period
classical antiquity[14]
Writing language
Ancient Greek[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Praxagoras of Kōs en Praxagoras en Praxagoras of Cos ar براكساغوراس de Praxagoras von Kos de Praxagoras el Πραξαγόρας ο Κώος es Praxagoras de Cos es Praxagoras es Praxágoras es Praxágoras de Cos fa پراکساگوراس fr Praxagoras hu Praxagorasz it Prassagora it Prassagora di Cos nl Praxagoras van Cos ru Праксагор Косский
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000081626582
VIAF cluster ID
380147905029.3B (39.8M–3747168453540.6B, n=4)
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2016061278
GND ID
102404305
Academy of Athens authority ID
48965
American Academy in Rome ID
12461251
Angelicum ID
24556
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00285645
CIRIS author ID
1795
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11902207
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
102404305
EBAF authority ID
29327
Show all 38 identifiers +26
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
171135
Freebase ID
/m/08kqns
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
praxagores-de-cos
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0052625
IdRef ID
131906097
IxTheo authority ID
076768848
J9U entity ID
987007388973005171
LAGL author ID
urn:cts:greekLit:lagl0229
Libris-URI
0xbfl03j067lg8v
Museo Galileo authority ID
160716
NE.se ID
praxagoras-från-kos
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9814834074705606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071631089
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
5311
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100342189
PUG authority ID
58129
Parsifal cluster ID
736k (216k–736k, n=3)
SELIBR ID
337126
SHARE Catalogue author ID
494746
TLG author ID
0672
ToposText person ID
2925
Treccani ID
prassagora-di-coo
Trismegistos author ID
7417
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
26015
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/137632
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjD3xPWFrCJqmVFhG3Q9wy

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa
Student 2
Herophilos, Philotimus
Students 2
Herophilos, Philotimus
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Ancient Greek
Movement 1
Dogmatic school
Occupation 1
physician
Place of birth 1
Kos
Sex or gender 1
male
Time period 1
classical antiquity
Writing language 1
Ancient Greek
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Summary

Praxagoras was born in 340 BC[1] in Kos[2]. He died in 300 BC[3]. He worked as a physician[4].

FAQs

Where was Praxagoras born?

Praxagoras's place of birth was Kos[2].

What did Praxagoras do for work?

Praxagoras worked as a physician[4].

Related Entities

Herophilos Kos

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Deipnosophistae. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    PUG authority ID → 58129
    EBAF authority ID → 29327
    Oxford Reference overview ID → 20110803100342189
    Canadiana Name Authority ID → ncf11902207
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #37791: add P1810 to P12458"
  2. 20w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Academy of Athens authority ID → 48965
    "Created claim: Academy of Athens authority ID: 48965, Matched to #mix'n'match Πραξαγόρας ο Κώος (#134543932) for Academy of Athens authority ID"
  3. 22w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 216297, 704305, 735549
    "Created claim: Parsifal cluster ID: 704305, batch #259387"
  4. 26w ago · JBradyK · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Student → Herophilos, Pleistonicus, Philotimus
    Writing language → Ancient Greek
    Significant place → Kos
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Significant place: Kos, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778423652304"
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