Definition of rhapsode:
°One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry: Socrates: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival? (Plato's Ion).
°The interpreter of a poem: Socrates: Then you rhapsodists are the interpreters of the poets? (Plato's Ion).
Definition of rhapsode:
°One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry: Socrates: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival? (Plato's Ion).
°The interpreter of a poem: Socrates: Then you rhapsodists are the interpreters of the poets? (Plato's Ion).