Ῥαψῳδία
recitation
Translated by Nathan Greenberg ✝19 Aug 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] nonsense, a union of words, idle chatter.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥαψῳδία· φλυαρία, λόγων συναφή, ἀδολεσχία.
Betacode
*(rayw|di/a: fluari/a, lo/gwn sunafh/, a)dolesxi/a.
Notes
Linked from4 entries
- ρ67Ῥαψῴδημαstitched-together song[Meaning a] lie/untruth.
- ρ68Ῥαψῳδεῖνto recite [poetry][Meaning] to sing. Aristophanes [writes]: "and it shall be for the boys to recite [sc. poems about] those who are brave in war; and if anyone has been a coward, so that, ashamed, they do not dine."
- ρ70ῬαψῳδόςrhapsodeThe Sphinx stitching together her songs. The name of the rhapsode according to Homer, or it might have been after Homer. Sophocles [writes]: "why, when the watchful dog who wove dark song was here, did you say nothing…
- ρ71Ῥαψῳδοίrhapsodes[Meaning] the ones reciting the works of Homer in the theaters; they were so called because they recited while holding staffs [rhabdoi]. But [the verb] to rhapsodize is to emit nonsense; or simply to take [the staff?]…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- expanded note; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nathan Greenberg ✝