ῥαψῳδία

hrapsodia

recitation of Epic poetry

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Ion 1
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533b7
Laws 1
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Book II 1
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658b8
Timaeus 1
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21b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥαψῳδία, ἡ, A. recitation of Epic poetry, Pl. Ion 533b; ἆθλα . . οἱ πατέρες ἔθεσαν ῥ. Id. Ti. 21b. 2. Epic composition, opp. lyric (κιθαρῳδία) , ἐπιδεικνύναι ῥ. Id. Lg. 658b; ἐπι (v.l. ἀπο-) τελεῖν Clearch. 62: generally, of all kinds of poetry, ποιεῖν μικτὴν ῥ. ἐξ ἁπάντων μέτρων Arist. Po. 1447b22. II. portion of an Epic poem fit for recitation at one time, e.g. a book of the Iliad or Odyssey, Plu. 2.186e, Luc. DMort. 20.2, Cont. 7. III. contemptuously, rigmarole, Plu. 2.514c (pl.).

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