σκηνή

σκην-ή, [dialect] Dor. [full] σκᾱνά, ἡ (not in Hom., who uses κλισίη (q.v.)).

I tent, booth, IG12.314.110, E.Hec.1289;

ἐπὶ σκηναῖς . . ναυτικαῖς S.Aj. 3

; σκηνῆς ἔνδον ib.218 (anap.); ὑπὸ σκηναῖσι ib.754; σκηνῆς ὕπαυλος ib.796;

σκηνὴν ποιήσαντες Th.2.34

;

πηξάμενοι Hdt.6.12

, cf. And.4.30;

ἵστασθαι X.Cyr.8.5.3

; τὰς σ. καταλύειν, διαλύειν, strike camp, Plb.6.40.2, Paus.10.25.3;

σ. δερματίνη PCair.Zen.13.14

(iii B.C.); but also σ. μάλα ἰσχυρῶν ξύλων hut, D.Chr.7.23; booth in the marketplace, Ar.Th.658, D.18.169 (both pl.), Theoc.15.16;

σκανὰν ἐμ Πυλαίᾳ τὰν πρώταν ὑπάρχειν αὐτῷ SIG422.11

(Delph., iii B.C.): pl., camp, A. Eu.686, Ar.Pax731, X.An.3.5.7.

2 σκηνὰς ἐς ἱεράς to the holy tabernacle, E.Ion 806, cf. 1129, LXX Ex.26.1, al.

II stage-building as background for plays, Pl.Lg.817c, Poll.4.123 sqq., Vitr.5.6.1;

τῆς σ. τὸ τέγος IG11(2).161

A115, cf. D127 (Delos, iii B.C.), 153.14 (ibid.); τραγικὴ ς. a sort of πῆγμα, such as that from which the prologue of A.Ag. is perhaps spoken, X.Cyr.6.1.54, Plu.Demetr.44, Suid. s.v. τραγικὴ ς.

2 οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σ. [ἥρωες] heroes represented on the stage, D.18.180; οἱ ἀπὸ σκηνῆς actors, players, opp. χορός, Arist.Pr.922b17; also

οἱ περὶ σκηνήν Plu.Galb.16

;

οἱ ἐπὶ σκηνῆς Alciphr.3.65

codd., cf. Luc.Nec.16; cf. σκηνικός and v. infr. 111.1b.

3 τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς μέρος that which is actually represented on the stage, Arist.Po.1459b25; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνῆς (sc. ᾄσματα), songs or odes sung by one of the actors standing on the stage (not by the chorus), ib.1452b18;

τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς σ. οὐκ ἀντίστροφα, τὰ δὲ τοῦ χοροῦ ἀντίστροφα Id.Pr.918b27

.

4 metaph., stage-effect, acting, unreality, σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος 'all the world's a stage', AP10.72 (Pall.);

ἡ σ. τοῦ βίου Max.Tyr.7.10

; theatrical trick, deception, J.BJ2.21.2, Hdn.3.12.3.

III tented cover, tilt of a wagon or carriage, X. Cyr.6.4.11, D.S.20.25, Plu.Them.26;

σ. τροχήλατοι A.Pers.1000

(lyr.); also, bed-tester, D.41.11.

b metaph., τὸν ὑπὸ (prob. cj. for ἐπὶ) σκηνῆς βίον the hidden life, Luc.Icar.21.

2 in large ships, state-cabin on the poop, Poll.1.89, Palaeph.29;

τῶν συριῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν σ. οὐσῶν PHib.1.38.7

(iii B.C.); ἀποκαταστήσω [τὸν σῖτον] ἐπὶ σκηνήν ib.86.8 (iii B.C.).

IV entertainment given in tents, banquet, X. Cyr.2.3.1, 4.2.34, etc.;

σ. δημοσία Id.Lac.15.4

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