θεωρός,ὁ(v. infr.),
A. envoy sent to consult an oracle, S. OT 114 , OC 413 ;to present an offering, Orac. ap. D. 21.53 ;to be present at festivals, θεωροὺς εἰς τὰ Πύθια πέμψαι
D. 19.128
, cf. D.H. Lys. 29 , etc.
2. generally,envoy, sent to kings regarded as divine, Plu. Demetr. 11 , Ath. 13.607c .
II. title of amagistrateat Mantinea, Th. 5.47 ; at Naupactus, IG 9(1).360 (pl.), cf. ib. 12(5).527 (found in Ceos); at Thasos, ib. 12(8).267 , etc.
III. spectator, Thgn. 805 , A. Pr. 118 , Ch. 246 , Fr. 289 ; πολέμου
Pl. R. 467c
, etc.; opp.ἀγωνιστής, Achae. 3 ;one who travels to seemen and things, Pl. Lg. 951a , 953c ; also λαμπάδα θ. εἰκάδων
E. Ion 1076
(lyr., s.v.l.). (Un contr.
θεαορός
Schwyzer 664.30 (Orchom. Arc. ,iv B.C.): contr.