ψυχαγωγία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[evocation of souls from the nether world]], Philostr.''Her.''18.3, Eust.1614.59.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[winning of men's souls]], [[persuasion]], whence Rhetoric is called a [[ψυχαγωγία]] by [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''261a, cf. 271c, ''Com.Adesp.''199, Phld.''Rh.''1.148S.; also of [[poetry]], Id.''Po.''2.61, al.:generally, [[gratification]], [[pastime]], Plb.31.29.5, D.S.1.91, Aristeas 78, [[LXX]] ''2 Ma.''2.25, J.''AJ''15.7.7, Luc.''Nigr.''18; [[amusement]], Sor.1.117 (pl.); opp. [[διδασκαλία]], as the aim of a poet, Eratosth. ap. Str.1.1.10: pl., μουσικαὶ ψ. Phld.''Mus.''p.86K., cf. Aristid.''Or.''29(40).21.<br><span class="bld">III</span> ([[ψυχρός]], [[ψῦχος]]) [[cooling]] [[treatment]] in [[acute]] [[fever]], Philum. ap. Aët.5.78 (but, [[animi oblectamenta procurentur]], in Lat. version): in [[heart]] [[disease]], Paul.Aeg.3.34.