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|Definition=Ion. θήρη, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">hunting of wild beasts, the chase</b>, βάν ῥ' ἴμεν ἐς θήρην <span class="bibl">Od.19.429</span>; αἵμονα θήρης <span class="bibl">Il.5.49</span>; ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὴν θήρην <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.37</span>, <span class="bibl">4.114</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>2</span> D.; <b class="b3">ζῶσι ἀπὸ θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1256a35</span>; ἐποίησε μεγάλην θήραν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.14</span>; θ. ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>541a20</span>; τὰς θ. τῶν ὀρτύγων ἐποιοῦντο <span class="bibl">D.S.1.60</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ πτηνοῦ γένους θ</b>., = [[ὀρνιθευτική]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>220b</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ περὶ θάλατταν θ</b>. <b class="b2">fishing</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>823d</span>; <b class="b3">κυνηγεσία καὶ ἡ ἄλλη θ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">763b</span>: pl., <b class="b3">πέρδικες εἰς τὰς θ. ἀγόμεναι</b>, of decoy birds, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>751a14</span>, cf. Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.42 W., <span class="bibl">Ant.Lib.41.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in Ptolemaic Egypt, στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τὴν θ. τῶν ἐλεφάντων <span class="title">OGI</span>82, 86 (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">Str.16.4.5</span>,<span class="bibl">7</span>, Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>385.14 (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.292</span> (iii B.C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">eager pursuit</b> of anything, <b class="b3">θήραν… ἔχομεν τόξων</b>, = [[θηρῶμεν τὰ τόξα]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>840</span>; δυσμενῶν θήραν ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>564</span>; θ. ἀνθρώπων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>222b</span>, <span class="bibl">222c</span>; τοῦ ἡδέος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>500d</span>; ἐπιστημῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>198a</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">prey, game</b>, αἶψα δ' ἔδωκε θεὸς μενοεικέα θήρην <span class="bibl">Od.9.158</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>251</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1144</span>; <b class="b3">πρὶν κινεῖσθαι τὴν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.25</span>; <b class="b3">θήραν καλήν</b>, of a prisoner, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>609</span>: in pl., <b class="b3">ὦ πταναὶ θῆραι</b>, of birds, ib.<span class="bibl">1146</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τὴν θ. ἐπὶ τοῦ μέσου τηροῦσα</b> watching its <b class="b2">prey</b>, of a spider, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>623a13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">hunting-ground, preserve</b>, Ἁδριανοῦ θῆραι <span class="bibl">D.C.69.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in Roman times, <b class="b2">the games of the Circus</b>, Epigr.Gr.351.3 (Nicaea).</span>