θυμέλη
θῠμέλ-η,
ἡ,(
θύω A) prop.
A). place of burning, hearth,
θυμέλαι οἴκων E. Rh. 234 (lyr.), cf.
A. Supp. 669 (lyr.);
Κυκλώπων θυμέλαι E. IA 152 (anap.); but usu. of
sacrificial hearths or
altars,
δεξίπυροι θεῶν θ.
Id. Supp. 64 (lyr.);
ἁ Φοίβου θ.
Id. Ion 114 (lyr.), cf.
46 , al.;
Ἑστία, δίδου .. ἀμφὶ σὰν θ. χορεύειν Aristonous 2.17 ; also of
braziers,
θυμέλαι ἐπίτναντο χρυσήλατοι E. El. 713 (lyr.);
ἡ θ. τοῦ βωμοῦ the surface on which fire was kindled,
IG 11(2).161 A 95 (Delos, iii B.C.).
II). esp. of the
altar of Dionysus which stood in the orchestra of the theatre,
Διονυσιὰς θ. Pratin.Lyr.
1.2 , cf.
EM 743.37 , etc.: hence in later writers,
b). the orchestra, Phryn. 142 , Sch.Arist Id. p.536 D.: hence of the chorus, opp. actors, θυμέλῃσι καὶ ἐν σκηνῇσι τεθηλώς, of Sophocles, AP 7.21 ( Simm.); cf. sq.
c). the
stage,
Phryn. PS p.74 B., EM 653.8 , etc. (hence generally,
platform, stage,
Plu. Alex. 67 ); so
ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς θ., of a dramatic poet,
Id. Demetr. 12 , etc.;
ὥσπερ ἐκ θ., i.e. theatrical,
Id. 2.405d ; actuarii thymelae equorumque currulium,
Cod.Theod. 8.7.21 .
d). αἱ ἐτήσιοι θ. annual
stage-performances,
Alciphr. 2.3 , cf.
POxy. 1143.3 (i A.D.),
IG 14.2342 .
III). of the θόλος at Epidaurus (containing a hearth or altar), ib. 4.1485B162 .
ShortDef
a place for sacrifice, an altar
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">θῠμέλ-η</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="foreign greek">θύω</span> A) prop.<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">place of burning, hearth</span>, <span class="quote greek">θυμέλαι οἴκων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:234" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:234/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 234 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:669" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:669/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 669 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">Κυκλώπων θυμέλαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:152/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 152 </a> (anap.); but usu. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sacrificial hearths</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">altars</span>, <span class="foreign greek">δεξίπυροι θεῶν θ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 64 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">ἁ Φοίβου θ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:114" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:114/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 114 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:46/canonical-url/"> 46 </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">Ἑστία, δίδου .. ἀμφὶ σὰν θ.</span> <span class="quote greek">χορεύειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0204.tlg001:2:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0204.tlg001:2.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristonous</span> 2.17 </a> ; also of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">braziers</span>, <span class="quote greek">θυμέλαι ἐπίτναντο χρυσήλατοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:713" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:713/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 713 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">ἡ θ. τοῦ βωμοῦ</span> the surface on which fire was kindled, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 11(2).161 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A</span> 95 </span> (Delos, iii B.C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> esp. of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">altar</span> of Dionysus which stood in the orchestra of the theatre, <span class="foreign greek">Διονυσιὰς θ</span>. Pratin.Lyr.<span class="bibl"> 1.2 </span>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:743:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:743.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 743.37 </a>, etc.: hence in later writers, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">orchestra</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phryn.</span> 142 </span>, Sch.Arist<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> p.536 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>: hence of the chorus, opp. actors, <span class="foreign greek">θυμέλῃσι καὶ ἐν σκηνῇσι τεθηλώς</span>, of Sophocles, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.21 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simm.</span></span>); cf. sq. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stage</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1608.tlg001:p.74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1608.tlg001:p.74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phryn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PS</span> p.74 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 653.8 </span>, etc. (hence generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">platform, stage</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg047:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg047:67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alex.</span> 67 </a>); so <span class="foreign greek">ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς θ.</span>, of a dramatic poet, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg057:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg057:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Demetr.</span> 12 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ὥσπερ ἐκ θ.</span>, i.e. theatrical, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.405d </span>; actuarii thymelae equorumque currulium, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cod.Theod.</span> 8.7.21 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">αἱ ἐτήσιοι θ</span>. annual <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stage-performances</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:2:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:2.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 2.3 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 1143.3 </span> (i A.D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.2342 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> of the <span class="foreign greek">θόλος</span> at Epidaurus (containing a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hearth</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">altar</span>), ib.<span class="bibl"> 4.1485B162 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">θυλήματα</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecr.</span> 214 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}