ποι-ητής, οῦ, ὁ,
maker, μηχανημάτων [[ [prev. author = 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus] “Cyr.” 1.6.38; κλίνης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 597d; τὸν π. καὶ πατέρα τοῦδε τοῦ παντός [prev. author] “Ti.” 28c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῴων, of the painter, [[ [prev. author] “Sph.” 234a ] Refs]; inventor, θεῶν [[ [prev. author] “Euthphr.” 3b; νόμων ] Refs]lawgiver, [[ [prev. author] “Def.” 415b. ] Refs]
__2 workman, [[ “PSI” 4.388.8, +others (3rd c.BC, _plural_). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II composer of a poem, author, π. κωμῳδίας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 935e; π. καινῶν δραμάτων, τραγῳδιῶν κτλ. “SIG” 1079.2, +others (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd-1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, poet, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 96, 1030, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 534b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Homer was called ὁ π., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 485d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1365a11, 1380b28, Teles p.34 H., 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.21.3, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.1.10, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 26.19, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so also Hesiod, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 901a; and others, [prev. author] “Thg.” 125e, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 78.44. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b composer of music, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 812d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 author of a speech, opposed to deliverer of it, π. λόγων [[ [prev. author] “Euthd.” 305b, compare “Phdr.” 234e, 278e, 4th c.BC: Alcidamas Rhetor “περὶ σοφιστῶν” 34, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.192. (Written ποητής “IG” 22.2319.65, “SIG” 711 L 35 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), etc.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]