σκηνή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[σκανά]], ἡ (not in Hom., who uses [[κλισίη]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]])).<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[tent]], [[booth]], IG12.314.110, E.''Hec.''1289; ἐπὶ σκηναῖς.. ναυτικαῖς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 3; <b class="b3">σκηνῆς ἔνδον</b> ib.218 (anap.); <b class="b3">ὑπὸ σκηναῖσι</b> ib.754; σκηνῆς [[ὕπαυλος]] ib.796; σκηνὴν ποιήσαντες Th.2.34; πηξάμενοι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.12, cf. And.4.30; ἵστασθαι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.5.3; τὰς σ. [[καταλύειν]], [[διαλύειν]], [[strike]] [[camp]], Plb.6.40.2, Paus.10.25.3; σ. δερματίνη ''PCair.Zen.''13.14 (iii B.C.); but also <b class="b3">σ. μάλα ἰσχυρῶν ξύλων</b> [[hut]], D.Chr.7.23; [[booth]] in the [[marketplace]], Ar.''Th.''658, D.18.169 (both pl.), Theoc.15.16; σκανὰν ἐμ Πυλαίᾳ τὰν πρώταν ὑπάρχειν αὐτῷ ''SIG''422.11 (Delph., iii B.C.): pl., [[camp]], A. ''Eu.''686, Ar.''Pax''731, X.''An.''3.5.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">σκηνὰς ἐς ἱεράς</b> to the [[holy]] [[tabernacle]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''806, cf. 1129, [[LXX]] ''Ex.''26.1, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[stage building]] as [[background]] for [[play]]s, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''817c, Poll.4.123 sqq., Vitr.5.6.1; τῆς σ. τὸ τέγος ''IG''11(2).161 ''A''115, cf. ''D''127 (Delos, iii B.C.), 153.14 (ibid.); <b class="b3">τραγικὴ σκηνή</b> a sort of [[πῆγμα]], such as that from which the prologue of [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]'' is perhaps spoken, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.1.54, Plu.''Demetr.''44, Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[τραγικὴ σκηνή]]<br><span class="bld">2</span> οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνῆς [ἥρωες] [[heroes represented on the stage]], D.18.180; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀπὸ σκηνῆς</b> [[actor]]s, [[player]]s, opp. [[χορός]], Arist.''Pr.''922b17; also οἱ περὶ σκηνήν Plu.''Galb.''16; οἱ ἐπὶ σκηνῆς Alciphr.3.65 codd., cf. Luc.''Nec.''16; cf. [[σκηνικός]] and v. infr. 111.1b.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς μέρος</b> = [[that which is actually represented on the stage]], Arist.''Po.''1459b25; [[τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνῆς]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ᾄσματα]]), [[song]]s or [[ode]]s sung by one of the actors standing on the [[stage]] (not by the chorus), ib.1452b18; τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς σ. οὐκ ἀντίστροφα, τὰ δὲ τοῦ χοροῦ ἀντίστροφα Id.''Pr.''918b27.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[stage effect]], [[acting]], [[unreality]], [[σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος]] '[[all the world's a stage]]', AP10.72 (Pall.); ἡ σκηνή τοῦ βίου Max.Tyr.7.10; [[theatrical trick]], [[deception]], J.''BJ''2.21.2, Hdn.3.12.3.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[tented cover]], [[tilt of a wagon]] or [[tilt of a carriage]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.4.11, [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]20.25, Plu.''Them.''26; σ. τροχήλατοι [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''1000 (lyr.); also, [[bed tester]], D.41.11.<br><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τὸν ὑπὸ</b> (prob. cj. for [[ἐπὶ]]) <b class="b3"> σκηνῆς βίον</b> the [[hidden]] [[life]], Luc.''Icar.''21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in large ships, [[state]]-[[cabin]] on the [[poop]], Poll.1.89, Palaeph.29; τῶν συριῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν σ. οὐσῶν ''PHib.''1.38.7 (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἀποκαταστήσω [τὸν σῖτον] ἐπὶ σκηνήν</b> ib.86.8 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[entertainment given in tents]], [[banquet]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.3.1, 4.2.34, etc.; σ. δημοσία Id.''Lac.''15.4.