θυμέλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[θύω]] A) prop.<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[place of burning]], [[hearth]], θυμέλαι οἴκων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 234</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>669</span> (lyr.); Κυκλώπων θυμέλαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>152</span> (anap.); but usually of [[sacrificial hearths]] or [[altars]], <b class="b3">δεξίπυροι θεῶν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>64</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἁ Φοίβου θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span>114</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">46</span>, al.; <b class="b3">Ἑστία, δίδου… ἀμφὶ σὰν θ</b>. χορεύειν <span class="bibl">Aristonous 2.17</span>; also of [[braziers]], θυμέλαι ἐπίτναντο χρυσήλατοι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>713</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἡ θ. τοῦ βωμοῦ</b> the surface on which fire was kindled, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161<span class="title">A</span>95 (Delos, iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> especially of the [[altar]] of Dionysus which stood in the orchestra of the theatre, <b class="b3">Διονυσιὰς θ</b>. Pratin.Lyr.1.2, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>743.37</span>, etc.: hence in later writers, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> the [[orchestra]], Phryn. 142, Sch.AristId.p.536 D.: hence of the chorus, opp. actors, <b class="b3">θυμέλῃσι καὶ ἐν σκηνῇσι τεθηλώς</b>, of Sophocles, <span class="title">AP</span>7.21 (Simm.); cf. sq. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> the [[stage]], <span class="bibl">Phryn.<span class="title">PS</span>p.74</span> B., <span class="title">EM</span>653.8, etc. (hence generally, [[platform]], [[stage]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>67</span>); so <b class="b3">ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς θ</b>., of a dramatic poet, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Demetr.</span> 12</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἐκ θ</b>., i.e. theatrical, Id.2.405d; actuarii thymelae equorumque currulium, <span class="title">Cod.Theod.</span>8.7.21. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">αἱ ἐτήσιοι θ</b>. annual [[stage-performances]], <span class="bibl">Alciphr.2.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1143.3</span> (i A.D.), <span class="title">IG</span> 14.2342. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of the [[θόλος]] at Epidaurus (containing a [[hearth]] or [[altar]]), ib.4.1485<span class="hiitalic">B</span>162. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> = [[θυλήματα]], <span class="bibl">Pherecr.214</span>.</span>