The corpus record

θεήλ-ᾰτος

theelatos

driven by a god

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Where it lives

Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

driven by a god

driven by a god, θεηλάτου βοὸς δίκην A. Ag. 1297; θ. δαίμονες Plu. Vit. aer. al. 2.830f.

II sent, caused by a god, destiny

sent or caused by a god, of things evil in themselves or in their consequences, φθορή Hdt. 7.18; ἔργον, πρᾶγμα, μάντευμα, S. Ant. 278, OT 255, 992; νόσους δʼ ἀνάγκη τὰς θ. φέρειν Id. Fr. 680; ἔκ τινος θεηλάτου from some destiny, E. Ion 1392.

III built for the gods

built for the gods, ἕδραι ib. 1306.

In the wild

θεηλάτου · theēlatou Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1296–1298
θεηλάτους · theēlatous Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 841)
θεηλάτου · theēlatou Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 918)
θεήλατος · theēlatos Euripides, Orestes *)hle/ktra (DIORISIS sentence 1)
θεήλατος · theēlatos Herodotus, Histories 7.18.3 (DIORISIS sentence 7211)
θεήλατον · theēlaton Sophocles, Antigone 278–281

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Where it came from

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