ῥαψῳδία

A. recitation of Epic poetry, Pl. Ion 533b; ἆθλα . . οἱ πατέρες ἔθεσαν ῥ. Id. Ti. 21b.

2. Epic composition, opp. lyric (κιθαρῳδία), ἐπιδεικνύναι ῥ. Id. Lg. 658b; ἐπι(v.l. ἀπο‐)τελεῖν Clearch. 62: generally, of all kinds of poetry, ποιεῖν μικτὴν ῥ. ἐξ ἁπάντων μέτρων Arist. Po. 1447b22.

II. portion of an Epic poem fit for recitation at one time, e.g. a book of the Iliad or Odyssey, Plu. 2.186e, Luc. DMort. 20.2, Cont. 7.

III. contemptuously, rigmarole, Plu. 2.514c (pl.).