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