τραγῳδία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[τραγῳδός]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[tragedy]], Ar.Ach.464, al., And.4.23, Arist. Po.1447a13, etc.; τ. [[ποιεῖν]] [[compose]] a [[tragedy]], Ar.Ach.400, etc.; [[κωμῳδία]]ν καὶ τ. ποιοῦντες Pl.R.395a; τραγῳδιῶν ποιηταί OGI51.31 (Egypt, iii B. C.), cf. SIG 1079.3 (Magn. Mae., ii/i B. C.); ποιητὴς τραγῳδιῶν IG22.1132.38 = SIG 399.34 (Decr. Amphict., iii B. C.), OGI352.7 (Athens, ii B. C.), IG7.3197.28 (Orchom. Boeot.); π. τραγῳδίας ib. 416.27 (Oropus, i B. C.); τραγῳδίας [[διδάσκειν]] (cf. [[διδάσκω]] III) D.L.1.59; τραγῳδίᾳ διδάξαντα τὴν Μιλήτου ἅλωσιν Plu.2.814b; ὀκτὼ τ. [[διαγωνίσασθαι]] to [[act]] in [[eight]] tragedies, ib.785c; τῇ τ. [[νικᾶν]] Pl.Smp.173a; expld. as '[[goat]]-[[song]]', because a goat was the [[prize]], Marm.Par.58, Sch.Hermog. in Rh.Mus.63.150; other explanations in EM764.1: cf. [[τρυγῳδία]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> in a simile, [[μίμησις]] τοῦ καλλίστου καὶ ἀρίστου βίου, ὃ δή φαμεν . . ὄντως εἶναι τραγῳδίαν τὴν ἀληθεστάτην Pl.Lg.817b; ἡ τοῦ βίου τ. καὶ κωμῳδία Id.Phlb.50b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, any [[grave]], [[serious]] [[poetry]], opp. [[κωμῳδία]], hence [[Homer]] is called a [[writer]] of [[tragedy]], Id.Tht.152e; cf. [[τραγικός]], [[τραγῳδοποιός]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> an [[exaggerated]] [[speech]], Hyp.Lyc.12 (prob.l.), Eux.26: hence of [[description]]s of [[horror]]s, Plb.6.56.11, D.S.19.8, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[outward]] [[grandeur]], [[pomp]], Plu.Demetr.41, Arat.15, Ps.-Zaleuc. ap. Stob.4.2.19(pl.), Luc.Gall. 24; τραγῳδίαν ἐπιθεῖναι τοῖς πράγμασι προσποιητήν D.H.6.70.