ἀοιδή , ῆς (ἀείδω): song,
minstrelsy;
τῷ θεὸς περὶ δῶκεν ἀοιδήν, the
‘gift of song’, Od.
8.44
; ἀοιδῆς ὕμνον, ‘strains of
minstrelsy,’ Od. 8.429;
concrete, ‘that song,’ Od. 1.351, etc. The various shades of application are not
always distinct, nor is anything gained by attempting to distinguish
them.