εἰδωλο-ποιία,ἡ,
A. formation of images, as in a mirror, Pl. Ti. 46a ; or by painters, Id. Criti. 107b .
2. image formed in the mind, imagination, D.S. 1.96 : pl., Longin. 15.1 .
3. putting of words into the mouth of one dead, Hermog. Prog. 9 , Aphth. Prog. 11 .
4. production of mental images, Iamb. Myst. 2.10 .
5. manufacture of idols, ib. 3.28 .