α4402Ἀοιδός
bard
[Meaning] a singer. Also a poet. Of old the class of bards was prudent and had a philosophical disposition. For Agamemnon leaves this man as instructor to Clytemnestra. He first went through the virtues of women, adding…
Ἀοιδός· ὁ μελῳδός. καὶ ὁ ποιητής. ὅτι τὸ τῶν ἀοιδῶν γένος σῶφρον ἦν τὸ παλαιὸν καὶ φιλοσόφων διάθεσιν ἔχον. Ἀγαμέμνων γὰρ τῇ Κλυταιμνήστρᾳ σωφρονιστῆρα τοῦτον ἀφίησιν· ὃς πρῶτον…
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