ἐπῳδή,
Ionic dialect and poetry ἐπᾰοιδή, ἡ, song sung to or over: hence, enchantment, spell, ἐπαοιδῇ δ᾽ αἷμα..ἔσχεθον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.457, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.217; οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 582 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the Magi, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132; μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς ἐπαοιδαῖσιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 174, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1194; ἐπῳδὰς ἐπᾴδειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.10 {ἐπώδης}; ἐπῳδαῖς ἁλίσκεσθαι 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 33.13; οὔτε φάρμακα..οὐδ᾽ αὖ ἐπῳδαί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 426b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θυσίαι καὶ ἐ.[[ [prev. work] 364b; τὰς θυσίας καὶ τελετὰς καὶ τὰς ἐ. [prev. author] “Smp.” 202e, etc.] Refs]: with genitive object, charm for or against.., τούτων ἐπῳδὰς οὐκ ἐποίησεν πατήρ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 649. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II apparently, ={ἐπῳδός} [[ 11, poetical “Oxy.” 661.21 (_plural_). ] Refs]