θέα

English (LSJ)

Ion. θέη, ἡ, (θεάομαι)

   A seeing, looking at, θέης ἄξιος, = ἀξιοθέητος, Hdt.1.25, cf. X.HG6.2.34; 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.IA427, 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.IA1588; αἰσχρὰν θ. παρέχειν X.Eq.7.2; ἀπὸ τῆς θ. εἰκάζειν Luc.VH1.11; 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; μάλ' 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 CIG3068 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, IG22.1176.    IV αἴδεσσαί με θέας ὕπερ revere me by thy countenance, dub. in h.Cer.64 codd. (prob. θεὰν σύ περ).