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  "headword": "ψυχαγωγέω",
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          "definition": "<i>lead departed souls to the nether world,</i> esp. of Hermes, Luc. D Deor. 4[24].1, 11[7].4.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>evoke</i> or <i>conjure up the dead</i> by sacrifice; hence metaph., <i>lead</i> or <i>attract the souls of the living, win over, persuade, allure,</i> ψ. μὲν πολλοὺς τῶν ζώντων, τοὺς δὲ τεθνεῶτας φάσκοντες ψυχαγωγεῖν Pl. Lg. 909b; ψ. διὰ τῆς ὄψεως τοὺς ἀνθρώπους X. Mem. 3.10.6; διὰ τῆς μελῳδίας D.S. 4.4; of speakers, ψ. τοὺς ἀκούοντας Phld. Rh. 1.148S.; τὰ μέγιστα, οἷς ψυχαγωγεῖ ἡ τραγῳδία Arist. Po. 1450a33:— Pass., ἐκ τῆς μουσικῆς ψ. Ael. VH 2.39; ὑπό τινων D.S. 2.53.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ψ. μὲν πολλοὺς τῶν ζώντων, τοὺς δὲ τεθνεῶτας φάσκοντες ψυχαγωγεῖν",
                    "ref": "Pl. Lg. 909b",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:909b"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ψ. διὰ τῆς ὄψεως τοὺς ἀνθρώπους",
                    "ref": "X. Mem. 3.10.6",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:3.10.perseus-grc2.6"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-156248",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "διὰ τῆς μελῳδίας",
                    "ref": "D.S. 4.4",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.4"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-156249",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ψ. τοὺς ἀκούοντας",
                    "ref": "",
                    "urn": ""
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὰ μέγιστα, οἷς ψυχαγωγεῖ ἡ τραγῳδία",
                    "ref": "Arist. Po. 1450a33",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034:1450a.perseus-grc2.33"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-156251",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐκ τῆς μουσικῆς ψ.",
                    "ref": "Ael. VH 2.39",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.39"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-156252",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὑπό τινων",
                    "ref": "D.S. 2.53",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.53"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>lead away, inveigle, delude,</i> ψ. τοὺς ἀκροωμένους Isoc. 2.49, cf. 9.10; τινὰς λόγοις ψ. Lycurg. 33; ψ. τινα ὥστε . . , c. inf., Plb. 13.8.3:— Pass., ὑπὸ εἰδώλων καὶ φαντασμάτων Pl. Ti. 71a; κολακείαις, θεραπείᾳ ψ., D. 44.63, 59.55; ὁ νοῦς . . πρὸς ἀλλοτρίῳ ψυχαγωγηθεὶς πάθει <i>beguiled</i> by contemplating anotherʼs sufferings, Timocl. 6.6:—with a play upon these senses, λίμνη τις . . , οὗ ψυχαγωγεῖ Σωκράτης where Socrates <i>evokes (beguiles) souls,</i> Ar. Av. 1555 (lyr.).",
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                        "quote": "ψ. τοὺς ἀκροωμένους",
                        "ref": "Isoc. 2.49",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg013.perseus-grc2:49"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-156254",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τινὰς λόγοις ψ.",
                        "ref": "Lycurg. 33",
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                        "quote": "ὑπὸ εἰδώλων καὶ φαντασμάτων",
                        "ref": "Pl. Ti. 71a",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "AB 116.",
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