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ἀλεκτορομαντεία

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀλεκτορομαντεία: ας, ἡ, ἡ δι’ ἀλέκτορος μαντεία, Κεδρ. Ι, 548, 15.