Θίασος

thiasos, sect

Translated by David Whitehead27 Nov 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 40 words
The throng gathered together to worship and honor a god. So Demosthenes and Xenophon [sc. use the term].1 But Ion assigns the name to any kind of gathering.2 The word for those participating in the thiasoi was qiasw=tai. So Isaeus.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θίασος· τὸ ἀθροιζόμενον πλῆθος ἐπὶ τέλει καὶ τιμῇ θεοῦ. οὕτως Δημοσθένης καὶ Ξενοφῶν. Ἴων δὲ ἐπὶ παντὸς ἀθροίσματος τάττει τοὔνομα. θιασῶται δὲ ἐκαλοῦντο οἱ κοινωνοῦντες τῶν θιάσων. οὕτως Ἰσαῖος.

Betacode
*qi/asos: to\ a)qroizo/menon plh=qos e)pi\ te/lei kai\ timh=| qeou=. ou(/tws *dhmosqe/nhs kai\ *cenofw=n. *)/iwn de\ e)pi\ panto\s a)qroi/smatos ta/ttei tou)/noma. qiasw=tai de\ e)kalou=nto oi( koinwnou=ntes tw=n qia/swn. ou(/tws *)isai=os.

Notes (3)

  1. Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
    See also theta 378, theta 379, theta 381.
  2. 1Demosthenes 19.199 and 281; Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.31. ↩
  3. 2Ion of Chios fr.32 Nauck. ↩
  4. 3Isaeus 9.30. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Jul 2011
  1. tweaks — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics; augmented notes — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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