τραγῳδοποιός
From LSJ
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A tragic poet, Ar.Th.30, Pl.Cra.425d, R. 408b, Eratosth. ap. Eutoc. in Archim. iii p.88 H., Phld.Po.2.29, etc.: generally, writer of serious poetry (cf. τραγῳδία 11), e. g. of Homer, Pl.R.605c, 607a; and of Pindar, Hermog.Id.1.6:—τραγῳδιοποιός is found in Metrod.Herc.831.3, in codd. BT of Pl.Smp. 223d, cod. A of R.607a, etc., and many codd. of Lib.Or.64.112, but is f.l. (in Pl. at least) for τραγῳδοπ-, which codd. give correctly in Cra.425d, R.408b, 597e: cf. κωμῳδοποιός.
