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Definition of Rhapsode
1. n. A rhapsodist.
Definition of Rhapsode
1. Noun. One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry: ''Socrates: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival?'' (Plato's Ion) ¹
2. Noun. The interpreter of a poem: ''Socrates: Then you rhapsodists are the interpreters of the poets?'' (Plato's Ion) ¹
3. Noun. A rhapsodist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rhapsode
1. a reciter of epic poetry in ancient Greece [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhapsode
Literary usage of Rhapsode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plato, and the Other Companions of Sokrates by George Grote (1888)
"This is what belongs to the peculiar province of the rhapsode to ... Will the
rhapsode know what is suitable for the commander of a ship to say to his ..."
2. Dialogues of Plato: Containing The Apology of Socrates, Crito, Phaedo, and by Plato (1899)
"A rhapsode ought to have a better memory. Ion. Why, what am I forgetting ? Soc.
Do you not remember that you declared the art of - .,, the rhapsode to be ..."
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