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|mdlsjtxt=σκηνη, ἡ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[covered]] [[place]], a [[tent]], Hdt., Soph., etc.: —in pl. a [[camp]], Lat. [[castra]], Aesch., Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[generally]], a [[dwelling]]-[[place]], [[house]], [[temple]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[wooden]] [[stage]] for actors, Plat.:—in the [[regular]] [[theatre]], the [[σκηνή]] was a [[wall]] at the [[back]] of the [[stage]], with doors for [[entrance]] and [[exit]]; the [[stage]] (in our [[sense]]) was [[προσκήνιον]] or [[λογεῖον]], the sides or wings [[παρασκήνια]], and the [[wall]] under the [[stage]], [[fronting]] the [[orchestra]], ὑποσκήνια.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> οἱ ἀπὸ σκηνῆς, the actors, players, Dem.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> τὸ ἐπὶ σκηνῆς [[μέρος]] that [[which]] is [[actually]] represented on the [[stage]], Arist.; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνῆς (sc. ᾄσματἀ, odes sung on the [[stage]], Arist.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> metaph. [[stage]]-[[effect]], unreality, σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ [[βίος]] "all the [[world]]'s a [[stage]], " Anth.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> the tented [[cover]], [[tilt]] of a wagon, Aesch., Xen.: also a bed-tester, Dem.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> an [[entertainment]] given in tents, a [[banquet]], Xen.

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