θήρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[θήρη]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[hunting]] of [[wild]] [[beast]]s, the [[chase]], βάν ῥ' ἴμεν ἐς θήρην Od.19.429; αἵμονα θήρης Il.5.49; ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὴν θήρην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.37, 4.114, cf. Ar.''Fr.''2 D.; <b class="b3">ζῶσι ἀπὸ θήρας</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.22, cf. Arist.''Pol.''1256a35; ἐποίησε μεγάλην θήραν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.4.14; θήραν ποιεῖσθαι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''541a20; τὰς θήρας τῶν ὀρτύγων ἐποιοῦντο D.S.1.60; <b class="b3">τοῦ πτηνοῦ γένους θήρα</b>, = [[ὀρνιθευτική]], Pl.''Sph.''220b; <b class="b3">ἡ περὶ θάλατταν θήρα</b> [[fishing]], Id.''Lg.''823d; <b class="b3">κυνηγεσία καὶ ἡ ἄλλη θήρα</b> ib.763b: pl., <b class="b3">πέρδικες εἰς τὰς θήρας ἀγόμεναι</b>, of [[decoy]] [[bird]]s, Arist.''GA''751a14, cf. Phld.''Ir.''p.42 W., Ant.Lib.41.2.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in Ptolemaic Egypt, στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τὴν θήραν τῶν ἐλεφάντων ''OGI''82, 86 (iii B.C.), cf. Str.16.4.5,7, Wilcken ''Chr.''385.14 (iii B.C.), ''PPetr.''3p.292 (iii B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[eager]] [[pursuit]] of anything, <b class="b3">θήραν… ἔχομεν τόξων</b>, = [[θηρῶμεν τὰ τόξα]], S.''Ph.''840; δυσμενῶν θήραν ἔχειν Id.''Aj.''564; θήρα ἀνθρώπων Pl.''Sph.''222b, 222c; τοῦ ἡδέος Id.''Grg.''500d; ἐπιστημῶν Id.''Tht.''198a, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[prey]], [[game]], αἶψα δ' ἔδωκε θεὸς μενοεικέα θήρην Od.9.158, cf. A.''Ch.''251, E.''Ba.''1144; <b class="b3">πρὶν κινεῖσθαι τὴν θήραν</b> [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.4.25; <b class="b3">θήραν καλήν</b>, of a [[prisoner]], S.''Ph.''609: in plural, <b class="b3">ὦ πταναὶ θῆραι</b>, of [[bird]]s, ib.1146 (lyr.); <b class="b3">τὴν θήραν ἐπὶ τοῦ μέσου τηροῦσα</b> watching its [[prey]], of a [[spider]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''623a13.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[hunting-ground]], [[preserve]], Ἁδριανοῦ θῆραι D.C.69.10.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in Roman times, the [[games of the Circus]], Epigr.Gr.351.3 (Nicaea).