Θεατροκρασία

spectator-rule

Translated by David Whitehead21 Jan 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] mob-rule.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θεατροκρασία· ὀχλοκρασία.

Betacode

*qeatrokrasi/a: o)xlokrasi/a.

Notes

Same entry in Photius and elsewhere. The headword, variously spelled as either qeatrokrasi/a or qeatrokorasi/a by the lexicographers, is presumably a version of Plato's coinage qeatrokrati/a (Plato, Laws 701A [web address 1], noted by Pollux 4.121): in the "democratic" Athens of his day, he laments, audiences think they can judge what is good in music -- and, by extension, politics.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

θ88ΘεατρίζωI bring onto stage, I make a spectacle of θ89ΘεγλαφαλασάρTiglath-Pilesar, Tiglath-Pileser θ90Θεατροκρασίαspectator-rule θ91Θεαιδέστατονmost godlike, very godlike θ92Θέαιναgoddess

Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Jan 2013

1 Jan 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
31 Dec 2012Revised — David Whitehead
22 Jan 2008augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
21 Jan 2008added link — Catharine Roth
21 Jan 2008set status — Catharine Roth
21 Jan 2008Translated — David Whitehead