σκιαγραφία
οὐκ ἀθεεὶ ὅδ᾽ ἀνὴρ Ὀδυσήϊον ἐς δόμον ἵκει → this man does not come to the Odyssean palace without the will of the gods
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A painting with the shadows (cf. σκιαγραφέω), so as to produce an illusion of solidity at a distance, scene-painting, σ. ἀσαφεῖ καὶ ἀπατηλῷ χρώμεθα Pl.Criti.107d; σκιαγραφίαν ἀρετῆς περιγραπτέον Id.R.365c, cf. 602d, Phd.69b, Numen. ap. Eus.PE14.5, 26; ἡ σ. καὶ τὰ ἐνύπνια, compared as being both illusory, Arist. Metaph.1024b23; ἡ δημηγορικὴ λέξις ἔοικε τῇ σ., i.e. in being calculated for effect, Id.Rh.1414a8, cf. D.C.52.7.
German (Pape)
[Seite 897] ἡ, die Handlung, die Kunst des σκιαγράφος, Malerei mit richtiger Vertheilung von Schatten u. Licht, bes. perspectivische. – Uebertr., Vorspiegelung, Blendwerk, Täuschung, indem man den Schatten für den Körper selbst ansieht, Plat. Phaed. 69 b Rep. X, 602 d; σκιαγραφίᾳ ἀσαφεῖ καὶ ἀπατηλῷ χρώμεθα περὶ αὐτά, Critia. 167 c; vgl. Arist. rhet. 3, 12.
