ψῡχᾰγωγ-ία · psychagōg-ia — LSJ
evocation of souls from the nether world
evocation of souls from the nether world, Philostr. Her. 18.3, Eust. 1614.59.
II winning of menʼs souls, persuasion, gratification, pastime, amusement
metaph., winning of menʼs souls, persuasion, whence Rhetoric is called a ψυχαγωγία by Pl. Phdr. 261a, cf. 271c, Com.Adesp. 199, Phld. Rh. 1.148S.; also of poetry, Id. Po. 2.61, al.:generally, gratification, pastime, Plb. 31.29.5, D.S. 1.91, Aristeas 78, LXX 2 Ma. 2.25, J. AJ 15.7.7, Luc. Nigr. 18; amusement, Sor. 1.117 (pl.); opp. διδασκαλία, as the aim of a poet, Eratosth. ap. Str. 1.1.10: pl., μουσικαὶ ψ. Phld. Mus. p.86K., cf. Aristid. Or. 29(40).21.
III cooling treatment
(ψυχρός, ψῦχος) cooling treatment in acute fever, Philum. ap. Aët. 5.78 (but, animi oblectamenta procurentur, in Lat. version): in heart disease, Paul.Aeg. 3.34.