ἐπεισόδιον

A. coming in besides, adventitious, σύμφυτον . ., οὐκ ἐ. Plu. 2.451c, cf. 584e; ἐ. ἀκροάματα Id. Luc. 40; ἐπιθυμίαι Id. Cat.Ma. 18; φύκους ἄνθος ἐ. AP 5.18 (Rufin.).

II. ἐπεισόδιον, τό, addition for the purpose of giving pleasure, Plu. 2.629c, 710d; ἐ. γαστρός, of dessert, AP 6.232.6 (Crin.(?)).

2. in Poetry, parenthetic addition, episode:

a. in Ep. poems, as the Catalogue in the Iliad, Arist. Po. 1459a36.

b. in Tragedy, the portions of dialogue between two choric songs, ib. 1452b20: then of all underplots or parenthetic narratives in poetry, which might themselves form distinct wholes, ib. 1451b34; also in prose speeches, etc., D.H. Comp. 19, Isoc. 4, Th. 7.

c. in Comedy, interlude, intermezzo, Metag. 14.

3. metaph., ἐπεισόδια τύχης Plb. 2.35.5; ὅτι μὴ ἐ. τὸ σὸν τῷ παντί Plot. 3.3.3.