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δημα^γωγ-έω ,
A.to be a leader of the people, “καλῶς δ.” Isoc.2.16; “τῇ μὲν ἐξουσίᾳ τυραννῶν, ταῖς δ᾽ εὐεργεσίαις δημαγωγῶν” Id.10.37; cf. δημαγωγεῖ: στρατηγεῖ, Hsch.: usu. in bad sense, Ar.Ra.423, etc.
2. c. acc. pers., “δ. ἄνδρας” curry favour with, X.An.7.6.4, cf. Arist.Pol. 1305b26, al.:—Pass., to be won over, conciliated by popular arts, J.AJ 16.2.5.
b. = ψυχαγωγέω, τὸν πόθον, of a work of art, Him.Ecl.31.6; τὸ θέατρον, of Homer, Id.Or.20.3.
3. c. acc. rei, introduce measures so as to win popularity, “τὰ πρὸς ἡδονὴν τῷ πλήθει” D.H.Dem. 17; “βουλὰς δ.” LXX1 Es.5.70(73).
II. in causal sense, δ. τινά make him popular, App.BC5.53, Pun.133.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 423
    • Isocrates, Helen, 37
    • Isocrates, To Nicocles, 16
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 16.2.5
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 7.6.4
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, 17
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