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|Definition=Ion. [[θέη]], ἡ, ([[θεάομαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[seeing]], [[looking at]], <b class="b3">θέης ἄξιος</b>, = [[ἀξιοθέητος]], Hdt.1.25, cf. X.''HG''6.2.34; <b class="b3">θέαν λαβεῖν</b> to take or get a [[view]], S. ''Ph.''536, 656; <b class="b3">ἐς θέαν [τινὸς] ἔρχεσθαι, ἐπὶ θέαν τἀνδρὸς ἐλθεῖν</b>, to go to [[see]], E.''IA''427, Pl.''La.''179e; κατὰ θέαν ἀναβαίνειν τοῦ χωρίου Th. 5.7, cf. 9, 6.31; <b class="b3">ἠγριωμένος ἐπὶ τῇ θέᾳ τινός</b> at the [[sight]] of... [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.4.24; βαδίζειν ἐπὶ κωμῳδῶν θέαν Id.''Oec.''3.7.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of the mind, [[contemplation]], ἡ τοῦ ὄντος θ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 582c, cf. Arist.''Ph.''209b20, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[aspect]], διαπρεπὴς τὴν θ. E.''IA''1588; αἰσχρὰν θ. παρέχειν X.''Eq.''7.2; ἀπὸ τῆς θ. εἰκάζειν Luc.''VH''1.11; <b class="b3">ὑποδῦσα θέαν ἀνθρώπου</b> having assumed the [[appearance]] of a human being, Palaeph.48.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[that which is seen]], [[sight]], Ζηνὶ δυσκλεὴς θ. A.''Pr.''243; μάλ' ἄζηλος θ. S.''El.''1455; ὡς ἴδω πικρὰν θ. E.''Hipp.''809; <b class="b3">ἀταρβὴς τῆς θ.</b> without fear [[of the sight]], S.''Tr.''23: pl., θέαι ἀμήχανοι τὸ κάλλος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 615a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[spectacle]], [[performance]], in a theatre or elsewhere, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|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.); <b class="b3">μεγάλαι θ.</b>, = [[Ludi Magni]], Plu.''Cam.'' 5.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[place for seeing from]], [[seat in the theatre]] (cf. [[αἴγειρος]]), θέαν εἰς τὰ Διονύσια κατανεῖμαι τοῖς πρέσβεσι Aeschin.2.55, cf. D.18.28; <b class="b3">θέαν καταλαμβάνειν</b> to occupy one, Id.21.178; προκαταλαμβάνειν Luc.''Herm.''39; ἔχειν ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ Plu.''Flam.''19, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[auditorium]], IG22.1176.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">αἴδεσσαί με θέας ὕπερ</b> revere me [[by thy countenance]], dub. in ''h.Cer.''64 codd. (prob. <b class="b3">θεὰν σύ περ</b>).