θήρα
θήρα, Ion.
θήρη,
ἡ,
A). hunting of wild beasts, the chase,
βάν ῥ’ ἴμεν ἐς θήρην Od. 19.429 ;
αἵμονα θήρης Il. 5.49 ;
ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὴν θήρην Hdt. 1.37 ,
4.114 , cf.
Ar. Fr. 2 D.;
ζῶσι ἀπὸ θ.
Hdt. 4.22 , cf.
Arist. Pol. 1256a35 ;
ἐποίησε μεγάλην θήραν X. Cyr. 1.4.14 ;
θ. ποιεῖσθαι Arist. HA 541a20 ;
τὰς θ. τῶν ὀρτύγων ἐποιοῦντο D.S. 1.60 ;
τοῦ πτηνοῦ γένους θ., =
ὀρνιθευτική ,
Pl. Sph. 220b ;
ἡ περὶ θάλατταν θ.
fishing,
Id. Lg. 823d ;
κυνηγεσία καὶ ἡ ἄλλη θ. ib.
763b : pl.,
πέρδικες εἰς τὰς θ. ἀγόμεναι, of decoy birds,
Arist. GA 751a14 , cf.
Phld. Ir. p.42 W.,
Ant.Lib. 41.2 .
b). in Ptolemaic Egypt,
στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τὴν θ. 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.
II). prey, game,
αἶψα δ’ ἔδωκε θεὸς μενοεικέα θήρην Od. 9.158 , cf.
A. Ch. 251 ,
E. Ba. 1144 ;
πρὶν κινεῖσθαι τὴν θ.
X. Cyr. 2.4.25 ;
θήραν καλήν, of a prisoner,
S. Ph. 609 : in pl.,
ὦ πταναὶ θῆραι, of birds, ib.
1146 (lyr.);
τὴν θ. ἐπὶ τοῦ μέσου τηροῦσα watching its
prey, of a spider,
Arist. HA 623a13 .
III). hunting-ground, preserve,
Ἁδριανοῦ θῆραι D.C. 69.10 .
IV). in Roman times, the games of the Circus, Epigr.Gr. 351.3 (Nicaea).
ShortDef
a hunting of wild beasts, the chase
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">θήρα</span>, Ion. <span class="orth greek">θήρη</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hunting of wild beasts, the chase</span>, <span class="quote greek">βάν ῥ’ ἴμεν ἐς θήρην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.429/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.429 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἵμονα θήρης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.49 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὴν θήρην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.37 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:114" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.114/canonical-url/"> 4.114 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 2 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>; <span class="foreign greek">ζῶσι ἀπὸ θ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.22 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1256a:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1256a.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1256a35 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐποίησε μεγάλην θήραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.4.14 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θ. ποιεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:541a:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:541a.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 541a20 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰς θ. τῶν ὀρτύγων ἐποιοῦντο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 1.60 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τοῦ πτηνοῦ γένους θ.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">ὀρνιθευτική</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:220b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:220b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 220b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ περὶ θάλατταν θ</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fishing</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:823d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:823d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 823d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κυνηγεσία καὶ ἡ ἄλλη θ</span>. ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:763b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:763b/canonical-url/"> 763b </a>: pl., <span class="foreign greek">πέρδικες εἰς τὰς θ. ἀγόμεναι</span>, of decoy birds, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:751a:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:751a.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 751a14 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ir.</span> p.42 </span> W., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0651.tlg001:41:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0651.tlg001:41.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ant.Lib.</span> 41.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> in Ptolemaic Egypt, <span class="quote greek">στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τὴν θ. τῶν ἐλεφάντων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 82 </span> , <span class="bibl"> 86 </span> (iii B.C.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:4:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:4:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 16.4.5 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7/canonical-url/"> 7 </a>, Wilcken <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chr.</span> 385.14 </span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PPetr.</span> 3p.292 </span> (iii B.C.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">eager pursuit</span> of anything, <span class="foreign greek">θήραν .. ἔχομεν τόξων,</span> = <span class="ref greek">θηρῶμεν τὰ τόξα</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:840" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:840/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 840 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δυσμενῶν θήραν ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:564" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:564/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 564 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θ. ἀνθρώπων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:222b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:222b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 222b </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:222c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:222c/canonical-url/"> 222c </a>; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ ἡδέος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:500d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:500d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 500d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπιστημῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:198a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:198a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 198a </a> , etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prey, game</span>, <span class="quote greek">αἶψα δ’ ἔδωκε θεὸς μενοεικέα θήρην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.158 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:251" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:251/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 251 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1144" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1144/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 1144 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πρὶν κινεῖσθαι τὴν θ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.4.25 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">θήραν καλήν</span>, of a prisoner, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:609" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:609/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 609 </a>: in pl., <span class="foreign greek">ὦ πταναὶ θῆραι</span>, of birds, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1146" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1146/canonical-url/"> 1146 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">τὴν θ. ἐπὶ τοῦ μέσου τηροῦσα</span> watching its <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prey</span>, of a spider, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:623a:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:623a.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 623a13 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hunting-ground, preserve</span>, <span class="quote greek">Ἁδριανοῦ θῆραι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:69:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:69.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 69.10 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> in Roman times, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the games of the Circus,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 351.3 </span> (Nicaea).</div> </div><br><br>'}