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Richard Brookhiser used the word ‘rhapsode’ in his article A Rhapsode and a Question Mark:
The Greeks had a character called the rhapsode: a professional reciter of their greatest poetry, particularly Homer. Plato mocks rhapsodes in his dialogues, partly because he envies Homer, who was a better writer than he was. But he also maneuvers his rhapsodes into showing their essential shallowness: One declares that, since he tells of the Iliad’s battles, he must therefore be a great general.
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From Wiktionary—rhapsode:
Noun
- One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry.
- The interpreter of a poem.