θέαμα

A. sight, spectacle, Semon. 7.67, A. Pr. 306, E. Supp. 783, Ar. Av. 1716, etc.; εἴ τις ὀρχοῖτ’ εὖ, θέαμ’ ἦν Pl.Com. 130; opp. μάθημα, Th. 2.39; freq. of a sight which gives pleasure, θεάματα καὶ ἀκροάματα ἥδιστα παρέχεις X. Smp. 2.2, cf. 7.5; ὀρχήσεις καὶ θεάματα Phld. Mus. p.26 K.; ἐμπλήσθητε τοῦ καλοῦ θ. Pl. R. 440a; but also θ. δυσθέατον A. Pr. 69, cf. S. Aj. 992; ἑπτὰ θ. the seven wonders of the world, Str. 14.2.5, Plu. 2.983e: sg., of a marvellously engraved ring, Gal. UP 17.1.