ῥαψῳδία
ῥαψῳδ-ία, ἡ,
2). Epic composition, opp. lyric (κιθαρῳδία), ἐπιδεικνύναι ῥ. Lg. 658b ; ἐπι( v.l. ἀπο- ) τελεῖν : generally, of all kinds of poetry, 62 ποιεῖν μικτὴν ῥ. ἐξ ἁπάντων μέτρων Po. 1447b22 .
II). portion of an Epic poem fit for recitation at one time, e.g. a book of the Iliad or Odyssey, , 2.186e DMort. 20.2 , Cont. 7 .
III). contemptuously, rigmarole, (pl.). 2.514c