δημᾰγωγ-έω,
to be a leader of the people, καλῶς δ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.16; τῇ μὲν ἐξουσίᾳ τυραννῶν, ταῖς δ᾽ εὐεργεσίαις δημαγωγῶν [prev. author] 10.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare δημαγωγεῖ· στρατηγεῖ, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]: usually in bad sense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 423, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative person, δ. ἄνδρας curry favour with, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.4, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1305b26, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be won over, conciliated by popular arts, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 16.2.5. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2.b ={ψυχαγωγέω}, τὸν πόθον, of a work of art, [[ 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Eclogae” 31.6 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; τὸ θέατρον, of Homer, [[ [prev. author] “Or.” 20.3. ] Refs]
__3 with accusative of things, introduce measures so as to win popularity, τὰ πρὸς ἡδονὴν τῷ πλήθει [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 17; βουλὰς δ. LXX.1Esd.5.70(73). ] LXX+1st c.BC+]
__II in causal sense, δ. τινά make him popular, [[ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.53, “Pun.” 133. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]