τραγῳδία
τρᾰγῳδ-ία,
ἡ,(
τραγῳδός)
A). tragedy, Ar. Ach. 464 , al.,
And. 4.23 ,
Arist. Po. 1447a13 , etc.;
τ. ποιεῖν compose a
tragedy, Ar. Ach. 400 , etc.;
κωμῳδίαν καὶ τ. ποιοῦντες Pl. R. 395a ;
τραγῳδιῶν ποιηταί OGI 51.31 (Egypt, iii B. C.), cf.
SIG 1079.3 (
Magn. Mae., ii/i B. C.);
ποιητὴς τραγῳδιῶν IG 22.1132.38 =
SIG 399.34 (Decr. Amphict., iii B. C.),
OGI 352.7 (Athens, ii B. C.),
IG 7.3197.28 (Orchom. Boeot.);
π. τραγῳδίας ib.
416.27 (Oropus, i B. C.);
τραγῳδίας διδάσκειν (cf.
διδάσκω 111 )
D.L. 1.59 ;
τραγῳδίᾳ διδάξαντα τὴν Μιλήτου ἅλωσιν Plu. 2.814b ;
ὀκτὼ τ. διαγωνίσασθαι to act in eight
tragedies, ib.
785c ;
τῇ τ. νικᾶν Pl. Smp. 173a ; expld. as 'goatsong', because a goat was the prize,
Marm.Par. 58 , Sch.
Hermog. in
Rh.Mus. 63.150 ; other explanations in
EM 764.1 : cf.
τρυγῳδία. 2). in a simile,
μίμησις τοῦ καλλίστου καὶ ἀρίστου βίου, ὃ δή φαμεν .. ὄντως εἶναι τραγῳδίαν τὴν ἀληθεστάτην Pl. Lg. 817b ;
ἡ τοῦ βίου τ. καὶ κωμῳδία Id. Phlb. 50b .
II). generally,
any grave, serious poetry, opp.
κωμῳδία, hence Homer is called a writer of tragedy,
Id. Tht. 152e ; cf.
τραγικός, τραγῳδοποιός.
ShortDef
a tragedy
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Headword (normalized):
τραγῳδία
Headword (normalized/stripped):
τραγωδια
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">τρᾰγῳδ-ία</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">τραγῳδός</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tragedy,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:464" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:464/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 464 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg004.perseus-grc1:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg004.perseus-grc1:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 4.23 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1447a:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1447a.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1447a13 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">τ. ποιεῖν</span> compose a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tragedy,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:400" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:400/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 400 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">κωμῳδίαν καὶ τ. ποιοῦντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:395a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:395a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 395a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τραγῳδιῶν ποιηταί</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 51.31 </span> (Egypt, iii B. C.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1079.3 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Magn.</span> </span> Mae., ii/i B. C.); <span class="quote greek">ποιητὴς τραγῳδιῶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1132.38 </span> = <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 399.34 </span> (Decr. Amphict., iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 352.7 </span> (Athens, ii B. C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 7.3197.28 </span> (Orchom. Boeot.); <span class="foreign greek">π. τραγῳδίας</span> ib. <span class="bibl"> 416.27 </span> (Oropus, i B. C.); <span class="foreign greek">τραγῳδίας διδάσκειν</span> (cf. <span class="quote greek">διδάσκω</span> <span class="bibl"> 111 </span> ) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.L.</span> 1.59 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τραγῳδίᾳ διδάξαντα τὴν Μιλήτου ἅλωσιν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.814b </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὀκτὼ τ. διαγωνίσασθαι</span> to act in eight <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tragedies,</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 785c </span>; <span class="quote greek">τῇ τ. νικᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:173a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:173a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 173a </a> ; expld. as \'goatsong\', because a goat was the prize, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Marm.Par.</span> 58 </span>, Sch.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hermog.</span> </span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.Mus.</span> 63.150 </span>; other explanations in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:764:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:764.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 764.1 </a>: cf. <span class="foreign greek">τρυγῳδία.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in a simile, <span class="quote greek">μίμησις τοῦ καλλίστου καὶ ἀρίστου βίου, ὃ δή φαμεν .. ὄντως εἶναι τραγῳδίαν τὴν ἀληθεστάτην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:817b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:817b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 817b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡ τοῦ βίου τ. καὶ κωμῳδία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:50b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:50b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 50b </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">any grave, serious poetry,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">κωμῳδία,</span> hence Homer is called a writer of tragedy, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:152e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:152e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 152e </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">τραγικός, τραγῳδοποιός.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">an exaggerated speech,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hyp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lyc.</span> 12 </a> (prob.l.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg003.perseus-grc1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg003.perseus-grc1:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eux.</span> 26 </a>: hence of descriptions of horrors, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:56:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:56:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 6.56.11 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:19:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:19.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 19.8 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">outward grandeur, pomp,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg057:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg057:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Demetr.</span> 41 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg063:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg063:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Arat.</span> 15 </a>, Ps.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Zaleuc.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span> 4.2.19 </span>(pl.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg019:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg019:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gall.</span> 24 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τραγῳδίαν ἐπιθεῖναι τοῖς πράγμασιπροσποιητήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:6:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:6.70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 6.70 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}