Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 103
ith friends, public gatherings, and simi-lar purposes. They were rarely of great size, and most ofthem are of rather late date, though the archaic structureat Paestum, known as the Basilica, was probably in realityan open hall of this kind. THEATRES, ODEONS. These were mvariably cut out of therocky… … FIG. 40.—PLAN OF GREEK THEATRE. <7, Orchestra ; /, Logeion ; /, Paraskenai ;s, J, Stoa. slope under them. The front of the excavation was en-closed by a stage and a set scene or background, built up so as to leave somewhatover a semicircle for theorchestra or space enclosedby the lower tier of…
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