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ῥαψῳδ-ία

rapsodia · ἡ

recitation of Epic poetry

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Where it lives

Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
Rhetoric 2 · 0.47/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant — LSJ

recitation of Epic poetry

recitation of Epic poetry, Pl. Ion 533b; ἆθλα . . οἱ πατέρες ἔθεσαν ῥ. Id. Ti. 21b.

2 Epic composition

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, book

portion of an Epic poem fit for recitation at one time, e.g. a book of the Iliad or Odyssey, Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.186e, Luc. DMort. 6[20].2, Cont. 7.

III rigmarole

contemptuously, rigmarole, Plu. Garr. 2.514c (pl.).

In the wild

ῥαψῳδίαν · rhapsōidian Aristotle, Ars Poetica 1
ῥαψῳδίαν · rhapsōidian Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
ῥαψῳδία · rhapsōidia Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
ῥαψῳδίᾳ · rhapsōidiai Plato, Ion 533
ῥαψῳδίαν · rhapsōidian Plato, Laws 658
ῥαψῳδίας · rhapsōidias Plato, Timaeus 21 (DIORISIS sentence 66)

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