A.lead departed souls to the nether world, esp. of Hermes, Luc.D Deor.7.4, 24.1.
II. evoke or conjure up the dead by sacrifice; hence metaph., lead or attract the souls of the living, win over, persuade, allure, “ψ. μὲν πολλοὺς τῶν ζώντων, τοὺς δὲ τεθνεῶτας φάσκοντες ψυχαγωγεῖν” Pl.Lg.909b; “ψ. διὰ τῆς ὄψεως τοὺς ἀνθρώπους” X.Mem.3.10.6; “διὰ τῆς μελῳδίας” D.S.4.4; of speakers, “ψ. τοὺς ἀκούοντας” Phld.Rh.1.148S.; “τὰ μέγιστα, οἷς ψυχαγωγεῖ ἡ τραγῳδία” Arist.Po.1450a33:—Pass., “ἐκ τῆς μουσικῆς ψ.” Ael. VH2.39; “ὑπό τινων” D.S.2.53.
2. in bad sense, lead away, inveigle, delude, “ψ. τοὺς ἀκροωμένους” Isoc.2.49, cf. 9.10; “τινὰς λόγοις ψ.” Lycurg.33; ψ. τινα ὥστε . . , c. inf., Plb.13.8.3:—Pass., “ὑπὸ εἰδώλων καὶ φαντασμάτων” Pl.Ti.71a; κολακείαις, θεραπείᾳ ψ., D.44.63, 59.55; ὁ νοῦς . . πρὸς ἀλλοτρίῳ ψυχαγωγηθεὶς πάθει beguiled by contemplating another's sufferings, Timocl.6.6:—with a play upon these senses, λίμνη τις . . , οὗ ψυχαγωγεῖ Σωκράτης where Socrates evokes (beguiles) souls, Ar.Av.1555 (lyr.).
III. = τὸ ἐξαπατῶντα πιπράσκειν, AB 116.
