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Definition of Rhapsodists

Rhapsodist
Rhapsodist Rhap"so*dist, n. [From Rhapsody.] 1. Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets. 2. Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore. The same populace sit for hours listening to rhapsodists who recite Ariosto. --Carlyle. 3. One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling. --I. Watts.

Meaning of Rhapsodists from wikipedia

- Peisistratos (Athens). The Hipparchus adds that the law required the rhapsodists to follow on from one another in order, "as they still do". This recurs...
- ancient Greece. An account also identified these strolling songsters as Rhapsodists during Homer's time. These were more than entertainers, with an account...
- he caused the Homeric and other poems to be recited on the stage by rhapsodists. According to Strabo, Demetrius inspired the creation of the Mouseion...
- Sicyon] (600-560 B.c), who, as Herodotus tells us (v. 67), "put down the rhapsodists on account of the poems of Homer, because they are all about Argos and...
- considers the real mode of transmission, which he purports to find in the Rhapsodists, of whom the Homeridae were an hereditary school. Wolf reached the conclusion...
- stories: "Lost Souls" (1986) "Coming to Grief" (1988), novelette "The Rhapsodist" (1988) "Nightbreed" (1990), screenplay for the film, based on novel Cabal...
- ISBN 978-0-684-82363-8. Wendell, Eric (2014). Patti Smith: America's Punk Rock Rhapsodist. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-8691-9. Margolis...
- Fili Gorsedd Gorseth Kernow (Cornwall) Griot Minstrel Poet as legislator Rhapsodist Skald The Bards of Wales The Bard's Tale (1985 video game) Troubadour...
- Skalds Bard Bhāts Filí Griot Minstrels Dziady (wandering beggars) Lirnyk Rhapsodist Troubadour "scold". etymonline.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019. Margaret Clunies...
- clergy whom he had previously laughed at and considered "enthusiastic rhapsodists". In 1817 Lyte became a curate in Marazion, Cornwall, and there met and...