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|Definition=Ion. θέη, ἡ, (θεάομαι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">seeing, looking at</b>, <b class="b3">θέης ἄξιος</b>, = [[ἀξιοθέητος]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.2.34</span>; <b class="b3">θέαν λαβεῖν</b> to take or get <b class="b2">a view</b>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ph.</span>536</span>, <span class="bibl">656</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς θέαν [τινὸς] ἔρχεσθαι, ἐπὶ θέαν τἀνδρὸς ἐλθεῖν</b>, to go <b class="b2">to see</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>427</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>179e</span>; κατὰ θέαν ἀναβαίνειν τοῦ χωρίου <span class="bibl">Th. 5.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9</span>, <span class="bibl">6.31</span>; <b class="b3">ἠγριωμένος ἐπὶ τῇ θέᾳ τινός</b> at the [[sight]] of... <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.24</span>; βαδίζειν ἐπὶ κωμῳδῶν θέαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Oec.</span>3.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of the mind, [[contemplation]], ἡ τοῦ ὄντος θ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>582c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>209b20</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[aspect]], διαπρεπὴς τὴν θ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1588</span>; αἰσχρὰν θ. παρέχειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>7.2</span>; ἀπὸ τῆς θ. εἰκάζειν Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.11; <b class="b3">ὑποδῦσα θέαν ἀνθρώπου</b> having assumed the [[appearance]] of a human being, <span class="bibl">Palaeph.48</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">that which is seen, sight</b>, Ζηνὶ δυσκλεὴς θ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>243</span>; μάλ' ἄζηλος θ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1455</span>; ὡς ἴδω πικρὰν θ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>809</span>; <b class="b3">ἀταρβὴς τῆς θ</b>. without fear <b class="b2">of the sight</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>23</span>: pl., θέαι ἀμήχανοι τὸ κάλλος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>615a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">spectacle, performance</b>, in a theatre or elsewhere, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>5.7</span>, etc.; ἐν ταῖς θ. καὶ ἐν ταῖς πομπαῖς <span class="title">CIG</span>3068 <span class="title">A</span> 22 (Teos), cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span> 55</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Brut.</span>21</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.15.1</span>(pl.); <b class="b3">μεγάλαι θ</b>.,= <b class="b2">Ludi Magni</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span> 5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">place for seeing from, seat in the theatre</b> (cf. [[αἴγειρος]]), θέαν εἰς τὰ Διονύσια κατανεῖμαι τοῖς πρέσβεσι <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.55</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.18.28</span>; <b class="b3">θέαν καταλαμβάνειν</b> to occupy one, <span class="bibl">Id.21.178</span>; προκαταλαμβάνειν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>39</span>; ἔχειν ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Flam.</span>19</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[auditorium]], IG22.1176. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">αἴδεσσαί με θέας ὕπερ</b> revere me <b class="b2">by thy countenance</b>, dub. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>64</span> codd. (prob. <b class="b3">θεὰν σύ περ</b>).</span>