The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 316
THE GRAND CENTURYin the open air.* In the fifth century there was no regulartheatre; only a flat circular orchestra where the dramas wereproduced in the Place of the Wine-press to the west of theAcropolis, and the spectators sat round on wooden benches.It was not until late in the fourth century… … Theatrical Figures, Comic and Tragic rock, was constructed under the south cliff of the citadel. Ithas been remarked that the Greek stage was not, as ours is,pictorial, but rather plastic, giving the effect of figures inrelief against a background. This was one reason why theactors wore high boots…
Art, Greek
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