ψῡχᾰγωγ-ία,ἡ,
A. evocation of souls from the nether world,
Philostr. Her. 18.3 , Eust. 1614.59 .
II. metaph.,winning of men's souls, persuasion,whence Rhetoric is called aψυχαγωγίαby 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. (ψυχρός, ψῦχος)cooling treatmentin acute fever, Philum. ap. Aët. 5.78 (but,animi oblectamenta procurentur,in Lat. version): in heart disease, Paul.Aeg. 3.34 .