A.fabrication, creation, production, opp. πρᾶξις (action, v. Arist. EN1140a2, Pol.1254a5), [μύρου] Hdt.3.22; “νεῶν” Th.3.2, etc.; “ἡ τῶν ζῴων π.” Pl.Smp.197a; “ἡ τῶν μελῶν π.” Id.Grg.449d; “μίμησις π. τίς ἐστιν, εἰδώλων μέντοι” Id.Sph.265b, etc.; “αἱ ὑπὸ πάσαις ταῖς τέχναις ἐργασίαι ποιήσεις εἰσί” Id.Smp.205b.
2. of Poetry, ἡ τῶν διθυράμβων π., τῆς τραγῳδίας, τῶν ἐπῶν, Pherecr.145.10, Pl.Grg.502a, 502b, R. 394c: abs., art of poetry, “οἱ ἐν π. γενόμενοι” Hdt.2.82, cf. Ar.Ra.868, etc.; “οὕτως . . ἀταλαιπώρως ἡ π. διέκειτο” Id.Fr.254; οἱ ἄκροι τῆς π. ἑκατέρας, i.e. tragedy and comedy, Pl.Tht.152e; “ᾠδαὶ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη π.” Id.Phdr.245a; π. ψιλὴ ἢ ἐν ᾠδῇ ib.278c.
b. poetic composition, poem, “ἐς ποίησιν ἐσενείκασθαι” Hdt.2.23, cf. Th.1.10, etc.; “περὶ ὧν Ὅμηρος τὴν π. πεποίηκεν” Pl.Ion531d: pl., Id.Lg.829e.
II. = εἰσποίησις, adoption, in pl., Is.7.1, D.44.7, al.; κατὰ ποίησιν ibid., Michel836.5 (Didyma, ii B.C.); “ποιήσει υἱοί” D.H.4.7; “τῇ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν π. πολίτης” D.20.30.
III. method of procedure, in Magic, PMag.Par.1.1248.