στῆθος, εος, τό,
breast, of both sexes, being the front part of the θώραξ, divided into two μαστοί [[(4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 493a12, “PA” 688a13, +others), 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and later (compare στέρνον), especially in Prose, rare (and usually _metaphorically_)] Refs 8th c.BC+] in post-Homeric verse; found once in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, twice in 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, twice in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus, never in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus or 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus (see. below 1, 11); βάλε σ. παρὰ μαζόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.480; ἔβαλε σ. μεταμάζιον 5.19; κληῒς ἀποέργει αὐχένα τε στῆθός τε 8.326, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 69e, 79c (_plural_), “Prt.” 352a (_plural_): in _plural_, διὰ στήθεσφιν (_Epic dialect_ _genitive_) ἔλασσε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.41; στήθεά τ᾽ ἠδ᾽ ἁπαλὴν δειρήν (of Briseis) 19.285 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of animals, [[ 11.282, 16.163, +others,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.1, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 496a9, 15, +others, “PCair.Zen.” 532.7, 18 (3rd c.BC), “BGU” 469.7 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. φάσσης ἑψημένης [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.41, compare 1.51 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: as the seat of the voice and breath, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.221, 9.610, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.15, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 563 (Lyric poetry), 865 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; more frequently as the seat of the heart, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.189, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.341, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.6, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; chest, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1012, 1017 (both _anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49 (_plural_), Diocl.fragment 142, “IG” 42(1).121.100 (_plural_, Epid., 4th c.BC), frequently in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus (see. above), “PEnteux.” 79.7 (3rd c.BC), “PTeb.” 316.19 (1st c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.70b, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σ. breasts of a woman, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.133. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]