The corpus record

θεόθεν

theothen

from the gods

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Where it lives

Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
Orestes 3 · 3.06/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

from the gods, at the hands of the gods, given by God

from the gods, θ. δʼ οὐκ ἔστʼ ἀλέασθαι (sc. θάνατον) death at the hands of the gods, Od. 16.447, cf. Pl.Com. 173.14 (hex.); εἴ τις ἄλλα θ. ἀνθρώποισι τέρψις given by God to man, IG 3.171.

2 by the will, favour of the gods, by the gods

by the will or favour of the gods, Pi. O. 12.8, P. 11.50, A. Th. 324, Pers. 101 (both lyr.), etc.; by the gods, οἷς ἂν σεισθῇ θ. δόμος S. Ant. 584.

In the wild

θεόθεν · theothen Aeschylus, Agamemnon 105–107
θεόθεν · theothen Aeschylus, Agamemnon 131–132
θεόθεν · theothen Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 37–41
θεόθεν · theothen Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 939–941
θεόθεν · theothen Aeschylus, Persians 93–99
θεόθεν · theothen Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 321–328

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Where it came from

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