ᾠδή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, contr. for [[ἀοιδή]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[song]], [[lay]], [[ode]], h.Ap.20, ''h.Cer.''494; in Trag. (exc. that A. uses only [[ἀοιδή]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]])), of dirges, πολλὰς θρήνων ᾠδάς S.''El.''88 (anap.); ὀξυτόνους ᾠ. θρηνήσει Id.''Aj.''631 (lyr.); ᾠδὰ ἐπικήδειος E.''Tr.''514 (lyr.); but also of [[joyful songs]], [[songs of praise]], καλλίνικος Id.''El.''865 (lyr.); ἴακχος Id.''Cyc.''69 (lyr.); λύπας πολυχόρδοις ᾠ. παύειν Id.''Med.''197 (anap.); ᾠδὰς ὑστέροισι θήσετε Id.''Supp.''1225; χαίροντες ᾠδῆς.. μέλεσιν Ar.''Ra.''244(lyr.); ὑμεναίοις καὶ νυμφιδίοισι δέχεσθ' ᾠ. Id.''Av.''1729(lyr.): freq. in Pl., ᾠ. κιθαρῳδική ''Lg.''722d; κιθαρίζειν πρὸς τὴν ᾠ. ''Alc.''1.108a; <b class="b3">ᾠδαὶ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη ποίησις</b> [[lyric poetry]] and... ''Phdr.''245a; ἐν ταῖς ᾠδαῖς καὶ μέλεσιν ''R.''399c, cf. 398c; opp. [[λέξις]], ''Lg.''816d; <b class="b3">ἐν ᾠδαῖς καὶ μύθοις καὶ λόγοις</b> ib.664a; of poems such as those of Stesichorus on Helen, Isoc.10.64; of the various songs associated with particular employments or conditions, Clearch.37, cf. Eust.1164.10, 1236.60.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ἐπῳδός]], [[magic song]], [[spell]], Longus 2.7.<br><span class="bld">3</span> meton. for χορδή, Τέρπανδρος.. δέκα ζεῦξε Μοῦσαν ἐν ᾠδαῖς Tim.''Pers.''238.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[singing]], Plu.''Crass.''33, etc.; of birds, Arist.''HA''613b24.