The Greek word aoidos (ἀοιδός; plural: aoidoi, ἀοιδοί) referred to a classical Greek singer. In modern Homeric scholarship, it is used by some as the technical term for a skilled oral epic poet in the tradition to which the Iliad and Odyssey are believed to belong (compare rhapsode).
The Greek word aoidos (ἀοιδός; plural: aoidoi, ἀοιδοί) referred to a classical Greek singer. In modern Homeric scholarship, it is used by some as the technical term for a skilled oral epic poet in the tradition to which the Iliad and Odyssey are believed to belong (compare rhapsode).
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