Θεωρίαι
spectacles
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Jan 2004Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
All festivals are called this. Also [sc. attested is] Theoria, a name of a whore.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θεωρίαι· οὕτω καλοῦνται πᾶσαι αἱ πανηγύρεις. καὶ Θεωρία, ὄνομα πόρνης.
Betacode
*qewri/ai: ou(/tw kalou=ntai pa=sai ai( panhgu/reis. kai\ *qewri/a, o)/noma po/rnhs.
Notes
- Theoria is personified, as a non-speaking character, in Aristophanes' Peace: see web address 1. This fact in itself would not argue for a connection between the two parts of the present entry, especially since, in the second half, 'Theoria' is perhaps an error for Theoris, the courtesan loved by Sophocles (Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.591F-592B and 598C-D = 13.61 and 71 Kaibel); note, nevertheless, the assertion of a scholiast to line 706 of Peace that the parts of both Theoria and her companion Opora were taken by hetairai.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 15 Jan 2015
- expanded some refs — David Whitehead
- coding, upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- modified and augmented notes, after discussion with CR — David Whitehead
- added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth