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|Definition=Ion. [[θήρη]], ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[hunting]] of [[wild]] [[beast]]s, the [[chase]], 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 θήρας</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>; θήραν ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>541a20</span>; τὰς θήρας τῶν ὀρτύγων ἐποιοῦντο <span class="bibl">D.S.1.60</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ πτηνοῦ γένους θήρα</b>, = [[ὀρνιθευτική]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>220b</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ περὶ θάλατταν θήρα</b> [[fishing]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>823d</span>; <b class="b3">κυνηγεσία καὶ ἡ ἄλλη θήρα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">763b</span>: pl., <b class="b3">πέρδικες εἰς τὰς θήρας ἀγόμεναι</b>, of [[decoy]] [[bird]]s, <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"><span class="bld">b</span> in Ptolemaic Egypt, στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τὴν θήραν 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"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[eager]] [[pursuit]] 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>; θήρα 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"><span class="bld">II</span> [[prey]], [[game]], 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 θήραν</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 plural, <b class="b3">ὦ πταναὶ θῆραι</b>, of [[bird]]s, ib.<span class="bibl">1146</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τὴν θήραν ἐπὶ τοῦ μέσου τηροῦσα</b> watching its [[prey]], of a [[spider]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>623a13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[hunting-ground]], [[preserve]], Ἁδριανοῦ θῆραι <span class="bibl">D.C.69.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> in Roman times, the [[games of the Circus]], Epigr.Gr.351.3 (Nicaea).</span>