ῥαψῳδέω

hrapsodeo

recite poems

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Ion 7
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533c1
533c2
533c3
539e2
541c1
530a5
541b8
Laws 2
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Book VI 1
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764e1
Book VIII 1
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834e3
Phaedrus 1
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277e8
Republic 1
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Book X 1
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600d6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥαψῳδέω, A. recite poems, esp. those of Homer, τί δή ποτʼ οὖν . . ῥαψῳδεῖς . . περιιών; Pl. Ion 541b; ἅ τε εὖ ῥαψῳδεῖ καὶ ἃ μή ib.533c, cf. Isoc. 12.33; of the poems of Archilochus, Clearch. 61; τι περί τινος Luc. JConf. 1:—Pass., of the poems, to be recited, Lycurg. 102. 2. abs., Arist. Po. 1462a6; of Homer and Hesiod, ῥ. περιιόντας reciting or declaiming, Pl. R. 600d; Ξενοφάνης . . ἐρραψῴδει τὰ ἑαυτοῦ D.L. 9.18; ἐμμέτρως ἐρρ. πρὸς ἄνδρας φίλους Luc. Nec. 1. 3. in contemptuous sense, repeat by heart or rote, declaim, οὐδὲν . . ἀλλʼ ἢ ῥαψῳδήσουσιν οἱ πρέσβεις περιιόντες D. 14.12, cf. 25.2, Luc. DMort. 15.2; [λόγοι] ῥαψῳδούμενοι ἄνευ ἀνακρίσεως καὶ διδαχῆς Pl. Phdr. 277e, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.39S. II. c. acc. pers., sing of one, celebrate, τοὺς ἀνδρείους Ar. Ec. 679.

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