thymelen.

/ˈθɪmɪliː/

Etymology: < Greek θυμέλη altar, < θύειν to sacrifice.

Ancient Greek History.

The altar of Dionysus in the centre of the orchestra in an ancient Greek theatre.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > other parts of theatre > [noun] > parts of ancient Greek or Roman theatre

scenaa1387

scene1481

orchestra1606

proscenium1606

cavea1611

scenarioa1684

subselliuma1701

diazoma1706

parascenium1706

pavilion1730

hyposcenium1753

thymele1753

vomitorium1754

velarium1834

velum1843

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Thymele, in the antient theatre, a kind of pulpit, where the singers called thymelici performed.

1827 Buckham's Theat. Grks. (ed. 2) 216.

1835 Penny Cycl. III. 298/1 Some large blocks..in front of the stage..supposed by Dr. Hunt to be the ruins of the Thymele.

1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Theatrum In the centre of the circle of the orchestra was the θυμέλη, that is, the altar of Dionysus... The chorus generally arranged itself..between the thymele and the stage.

1889 A. E. Haigh Attic Theatre iii. §6. 132.

1907 H. Trench New Poems 24 The sacred oils On the fragrant thin-flamed thymele.

Derivatives

thyˈmelic adj. [Greek θυμελικός] = thymelical adj.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective]

scenical?a1475

theatrical1558

theatral1594

histrionical1599

scenic1623

histrionic1656

thymelical1656

theatric1706

scenary1730

footlight1824

thymelic1849

showish1874

du théâtre1895

stagy1895

1849 J. W. Donaldson Theatre of Greeks (ed. 6) i. vii. 152 There was another entrance to the thymelic platform.

† thyˈmelical adj. Obsolete rare of or pertaining to the thymele, scenic, theatric.

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