ῥαψῳδ-έω,
A. recite poems, esp. those of Homer,τί δή ποτ' οὖν . . ῥαψῳδεῖς . . περιιών; Pl. Ion 541b ;ἅ τε εὖ ῥαψῳδεῖ καὶ ἃ μήib. 533c , cf. Isoc. 12.33 ; of the poems of Archilochus, Clearch. 61 ; τι περί τινος
Luc. JConf. 1
:— Pass. , of the poems,to be recited, Lycurg. 102 .
2. abs., Arist. Po. 1462a6 ; of Homer and Hesiod,ῥ. περιιόντας recitingordeclaiming, Pl. R. 600d ; Ξενοφάνης . . ἐρραψῴδει τὰ ἑαυτοῦ
D.L. 9.18
; ἐμμέτρως ἐρρ. πρὸς ἄνδρας φίλους
Luc. Nec. 1
.
3. in contemptuous sense,repeat by heartorrote, declaim, οὐδὲν . . ἀλλ' ἢ ῥαψῳδήσουσιν οἱ πρέσβεις περιιόντες
D. 14.12
, cf. 25.2 , Luc. DMort. 15.2 ; [ λόγοι] ῥαψῳδούμενοι ἄνευ ἀνακρίσεως καὶ διδαχῆς
Pl. Phdr. 277e
, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.39S.