A.seeing, looking at, θέης ἄξιος, = ἀξιοθέητος, Hdt.1.25, cf. X.HG6.2.34; θέαν λαβεῖν to take or get a view, S. Ph.536, 656; ἐς θέαν [τινὸς] ἔρχεσθαι, ἐπὶ θέαν τἀνδρὸς ἐλθεῖν, to go to see, E.IA427, Pl.La.179e; “κατὰ θέαν ἀναβαίνειν τοῦ χωρίου” Th. 5.7, cf. 9, 6.31; ἠγριωμένος ἐπὶ τῇ θέᾳ τινός at the sight of . . , X. Cyr.1.4.24; “βαδίζειν ἐπὶ κωμῳδῶν θέαν” Id.Oec.3.7.
2. aspect, “διαπρεπὴς τὴν θ.” E.IA1588; “αἰσχρὰν θ. παρέχειν” X.Eq.7.2; “ἀπὸ τῆς θ. εἰκάζειν” Luc.VH1.11; ὑποδῦσα θέαν ἀνθρώπου having assumed the appearance of a human being, Palaeph.48.
II. that which is seen, sight, “Ζηνὶ δυσκλεὴς θ.” A.Pr.243; “μάλ᾽ ἄζηλος θ.” S.El.1455; “ὡς ἴδω πικρὰν θ.” E.Hipp.809; ἀταρβὴς τῆς θ. without fear of the sight, S.Tr.23: pl., “θέαι ἀμήχανοι τὸ κάλλος” Pl.R.615a.
2. spectacle, performance, in a theatre or elsewhere, Thphr.Char.5.7, etc.; “ἐν ταῖς θ. καὶ ἐν ταῖς πομπαῖς” CIG3068 A 22 (Teos), cf. Plu.Caes. 55, Brut.21, Hdn.1.15.1(pl.); μεγάλαι θ.,= Ludi Magni, Plu.Cam. 5.
III. place for seeing from, seat in the theatre (cf. αἴγειρος）“, θέαν εἰς τὰ Διονύσια κατανεῖμαι τοῖς πρέσβεσι” Aeschin.2.55, cf. D.18.28; θέαν καταλαμβάνειν to occupy one, Id.21.178; “προκαταλαμβάνειν” Luc.Herm.39; “ἔχειν ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ” Plu.Flam.19, etc.
2. auditorium, IG22.1176.
