Complete Definition of "rhapsode"

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  1. One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry: Socrates: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival? (Plato's Ion)
  2. The interpreter of a poem: Socrates: Then you rhapsodists are the interpreters of the poets? (Plato's Ion)
  3. A rhapsodist.

Related terms
rhapsodist
rhapsody

Category:Greek derivations

fr:rhapsode
ru:rhapsode
vi:rhapsode

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