rhapsodist

[ rap-suh-dist ]

/ ˈræp sə dɪst /

a person who rhapsodizes.

(in ancient Greece) a person who recited epic poetry, especially professionally.

Origin of rhapsodist

1640–50; < Greek rhapsōid(ós) rhapsodist ( rhaps-, variant stem of rháptein to stitch, + -ōid(ē) ode + -os noun suffix) + -ist

rhap·so·dis·tic, adjective

As for "the iron age," no "rhapsodist" introduces so much as one iron spear point.

Homer and His Age |Andrew Lang
If it proves anything, it proves that Cynaethus, who was a Chian and a rhapsodist, made no claim to Homeric descent.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 |Various
This is not the joy of the fanatic or of the fakir or of the rhapsodist.

Studies in the Epistle of James |A. T. Robertson
All fire and flame at that time for Nietzsche, I did not realise that the poet and rhapsodist had forerunners.

Egoists |James Huneker

Liszt, that Hungarian rhapsodist in amours, was he not also an abbé?

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 |Rupert Hughes

rhapsodist

/ (ˈræpsədɪst) /

a person who speaks or writes rhapsodies

a person who speaks with extravagant enthusiasm

Also: rhapsode (ˈræpsəʊd) (in ancient Greece) a professional reciter of poetry, esp of Homer

rhapsodistic, adjective