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θέα, a seeing, looking at, view

θέᾱ, Ion. θέη, ἡ, (θεάομαι)
  • seeing, looking at, θέης ἄξιος, = ἀξιοθέητος, Hdt. 1.25, cf. X. HG 6.2.34; θέαν λαβεῖν to take or get a view, S. Ph. 536, 656; ἐς θέαν [τινὸς] ἔρχεσθαι, ἐπὶ θέαν τἀνδρὸς ἐλθεῖν, to go to see, E. IA 427, Pl. La. 179e; κατὰ θέαν ἀναβαίνειν τοῦ χωρίου Th. 5.7, cf. 9, 6.31; ἠγριωμένος ἐπὶ τῇ θέᾳ τινός at the sight of . ., X. Cyr. 1.4.24; βαδίζειν ἐπὶ κωμῳδῶν θέαν Id. Oec. 3.7.
        • b of the mind, contemplation, ἡ τοῦ ὄντος θ. Pl. R. 582c, cf. Arist. Ph. 209b20, etc.
      • 2 aspect, διαπρεπὴς τὴν θ. E. IA 1588; αἰσχρὰν θ. παρέχειν X. Eq. 7.2; ἀπὸ τῆς θ. εἰκάζειν Luc. VH 1.11; ὑποδῦσα θέαν ἀνθρώπου having assumed the appearance of a human being, Palaeph. 48.
    • II that which is seen, sight, Ζηνὶ δυσκλεὴς θ. A. Pr. 243; μάλʼ ἄζηλος θ. S. El. 1455; ὡς ἴδω πικρὰν θ. E. Hipp. 809; ἀταρβὴς τῆς θ. without fear of the sight, S. Tr. 23: pl., θέαι ἀμήχανοι τὸ κάλλος Pl. R. 615a.
      • 2 spectacle, performance, in a theatre or elsewhere, Thphr. Char. 5.7, etc.; ἐν ταῖς θ. καὶ ἐν ταῖς πομπαῖς CIG 3068 A 22 (Teos), cf. Plu. Caes. 55, Brut. 21, Hdn. 1.15.1 (pl.); μεγάλαι θ.,= Ludi Magni, Plu. Cam. 5.
    • III place for seeing from, seat in the theatre (cf. αἴγειρος), θέαν εἰς τὰ Διονύσια κατανεῖμαι τοῖς πρέσβεσι Aeschin. 2.55, cf. D. 18.28; θέαν καταλαμβάνειν to occupy one, Id. 21.178; προκαταλαμβάνειν Luc. Herm. 39; ἔχειν ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ Plu. Flam. 19, etc.
      • 2 auditorium, IG 2(2).1176.
    • IV αἴδεσσαί με θέας ὕπερ revere me by thy countenance, dub. in h.Cer. 64 codd. (prob. θεὰν σύ περ).

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