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ποι-ητής , οῦ, ,
2. workman, PSI4.388.8, al. (iii B.C., pl.).
II. composer of a poem, author,π. κωμῳδίαςPl.Lg.935e; “π. καινῶν δραμάτων, τραγῳδιῶν κτλ.SIG1079.2, al. (Magn. Mae., ii/i B.C.): abs., poet, Hdt.2.53, Ar.Ra.96, 1030, Pl.Ion534b, etc.; Homer was called π., Pl.Grg.485d, Arist.Rh.1365a11, 1380b28, Telesp.34 H., Plb.12.21.3, Str.1.1.10, A.D.Synt.26.19, etc.; so also Hesiod, Pl. Lg.901a; and others, Id.Thg.125e, D.Chr.78.44.
b. composer of music, Pl.Lg.812d.
2. author of a speech, opp. deliverer of it, “π. λόγωνId.Euthd.305b, cf. Phdr.234e, 278e, Alcid.Soph.34, Isoc. 15.192. (Written “ποητήςIG22.2319.65, SIG711L35 (Delph., ii B.C.), etc.)
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (20):
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 1030
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 96
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.53
    • Isocrates, Antidosis, 192
    • Plato, Laws, 901a
    • Plato, Laws, 935e
    • Plato, Laws, 812d
    • Plato, Republic, 597d
    • Plato, Euthyphro, 3b
    • Plato, Sophist, 234a
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 234e
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 278e
    • Plato, Theages, 125e
    • Plato, Euthydemus, 305b
    • Plato, Gorgias, 485d
    • Plato, Ion, 534b
    • Plato, Timaeus, 28c
    • Strabo, Geography, 1.1.10
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 1.6.38
    • Polybius, Histories, 12.21.3
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