Ῥαψῳδοί
rhapsodes
Translated by Nathan Greenberg ✝6 Oct 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥαψῳδοί· οἱ τὰ Ὁμήρου ἔπη ἐν τοῖς θεάτροις ἀπαγγέλλοντες· οἳ ἐκλήθησαν οὕτως, ἐπεὶ ῥάβδους ἔχοντες ἀπήγγελλον. ῥαψῳδῆσαι δέ ἐστι τὸ φλυαρῆσαι· ἢ τὸ ἁπλῶς λαβεῖν καὶ ἀπαγγεῖλαι, χωρὶς ἔργου τινός.
Betacode
*(rayw|doi/: oi( ta\ *(omh/rou e)/ph e)n toi=s qea/trois a)pagge/llontes: oi(\ e)klh/qhsan ou(/tws, e)pei\ r(a/bdous e)/xontes a)ph/ggellon. r(ayw|dh=sai de/ e)sti to\ fluarh=sai: h)\ to\ a(plw=s labei=n kai\ a)paggei=lai, xwri\s e)/rgou tino/s.
Notes (1)
- cf. generally rho 67, rho 68, rho 69, rho 70. The material of the present entry is similar to that in the scholia to Plato, Ion 530A, where the headword occurs.
- 1For this etymology cf. LSJ s.v.
r(a/bdos , para.6. An alternative and more common one connects the rhapsodes with the verbr(a/ptein (rho 47, and see LSJ s.v.r(aywdo/s ). ↩
Linked from5 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.
- 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…
- σ1454Σὺν δὲ θεοὶ μάκαρεςbut with [me/you be the] blessed godsThe rhapsodes used to add this, as the citharodes [added] "but hail, lord"; for they are forms of address used by the ancient poets.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Jan 2022
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- improved betacode — Ross Scaife ✝
- added notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nathan Greenberg ✝