ῥαψῳδ-ός,ὁ,
A. reciter of Epic poems, sts. applied to thebard who recited his own poem, as to Hesiod, Nicocl. ap. Sch. Pi. N. 2.2 (v. infr.); but usu.,professional reciters, esp.of the poems of Homer, Hdt. 5.67 , Pl. Ion 530c , etc.: alsoῥ. κύων, ironically, of the Sphinx whochantedher riddle, S. OT 391 . (Prob. fromῥάπτω, ἀοιδή; Hes. Fr. 265 speaks of himself and Homer asἐν νεαροῖς ὕμνοις ῥάψαντες ἀοιδήν, and Pi. N. 2.2 calls Epic poetsῥαπτῶν ἐπέων ἀοιδοί: not fromῥάβδος(cf. ῥάβδος
1.6
) as ifῥαβδῳδός( Eust. 6.24 ,ῥαβδῳδίαib. 16 ).)