A.recite poems, esp. those of Homer, τί δή ποτ᾽ οὖν . . ῥαψῳδεῖς . . περιιών; Pl.Ion 541b; ἅ τε εὖ ῥαψῳδεῖ καὶ ἃ μή ib.533c, cf. Isoc. 12.33; of the poems of Archilochus, Clearch.61; “τι περί τινος” Luc. JConf.1:—Pass., of the poems, to be recited, Lycurg.102.
2. abs., Arist.Po.1462a6; of Homer and Hesiod, ῥ. περιιόντας reciting or declaiming, Pl.R.600d; “Ξενοφάνης . . ἐρραψῴδει τὰ ἑαυτοῦ” D.L.9.18; “ἐμμέτρως ἐρρ. πρὸς ἄνδρας φίλους” Luc.Nec.1.
3. in contemptuous sense, repeat by heart or rote, declaim, “οὐδὲν . . ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ῥαψῳδήσουσιν οἱ πρέσβεις περιιόντες” D.14.12, cf. 25.2, Luc.DMort.15.2; [“λόγοι] ῥαψῳδούμενοι ἄνευ ἀνακρίσεως καὶ διδαχῆς” Pl.Phdr.277e, cf. Phld.Rh.2.39S.
II. c. acc. pers., sing of one, celebrate, “τοὺς ἀνδρείους” Ar.Ec. 679.