Ῥαψῳδός
rhapsode
Translated by Nathan Greenberg ✝19 Aug 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥαψῳδός· ἡ Σφὶγξ ἡ ῥάπτουσα τὰς ᾠδάς. τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τοῦ ῥαψῳδοῦ καθ' Ὅμηρον, ἢ μεθ' Ὅμηρον ἦν ἄν. Σοφοκλῆς· πῶς οὐχ, ὅθ' ἡ ῥαψῳδὸς ἐνθάδ' ἦν κύων, ἠύδας τι τοῖσδ' ἀστοῖσιν ἐκλυτήριον; περὶ τῆς Σφιγγός φησι.
Betacode
*(rayw|do/s: h( *sfi\gc h( r(a/ptousa ta\s w)|da/s. to\ de\ o)/noma tou= r(ayw|dou= kaq' *(/omhron, h)\ meq' *(/omhron h)=n a)/n. *sofoklh=s: pw=s ou)x, o(/q' h( r(ayw|do\s e)nqa/d' h)=n ku/wn, h)u/das ti toi=sd' a)stoi=sin e)kluth/rion; peri\ th=s *sfiggo/s fhsi.
Notes (1)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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."
- ρ69Ῥαψῳδίαrecitation[Meaning] nonsense, a union of words, idle chatter.
- 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 history4 revisions · last 27 Oct 2013
- another keyword — David Whitehead
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- added link — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nathan Greenberg ✝