Description of the Bombastic Tragic Muse

Notes

1. 16.1ἥ τις — The nominative feminine singular of the indefinite relative pronoun ὅστις. Here it is used adjectivally with τραγῳδὸς μοῦσα to denote 'a certain kind of' or 'some tragic Muse or other,' adding a generic or indefinite character.
2. 16.1ληκυθίζουσα — The present active participle, nominative feminine singular, of ληκυθίζω (literally 'to use an oil-flask [λήκυθος],' and metaphorically 'to speak bombastically' or 'to write in a tragic style'). It modifies τραγῳδὸς μοῦσα, referring metaphorically to the hollow, resonant, or grandiloquent delivery characteristic of tragic actors.