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εἰδωλο-ποιία

eidolopoiia · ἡ

formation of images

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Where it lives

Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k

What it meant

εἰδωλο-ποιία · eidōlo-poiia — LSJ

formation of images

formation of images, as in a mirror, Pl. Ti. 46a; or by painters, Id. Criti. 107b.

2 image formed in the mind, imagination

image formed in the mind, imagination, D.S. 1.96: pl., Longin. 15.1.

3 putting of words into the mouth of one dead

putting of words into the mouth of one dead, Hermog. Prog. 9, Aphth. Prog. 11.

4 production of mental images

production of mental images, Iamb. Myst. 2.10.

5 manufacture of idols

manufacture of idols, ib. 3.28.

In the wild

εἰδωλοποιίαν · eidōlopoiian Plato, Critias 107
εἰδωλοποιίαν · eidōlopoiian Plato, Timaeus 46 (DIORISIS sentence 337)

Where it came from

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