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36 IONIA.
Subito excitatam nulla mole saxea.
Murcena sic, et Gallius, nota eloquar.
Postquam potentes, nee verentes sumptuum,
JVomen perenne crediderunt, si semel
Constructa moles saxeo Jundamine
In omne tempus conderet ludis locum;
Cuneata crevit heec theatri immanitas.
Pompeius hanc, et Balbus, et Ccesar dedit
Octauianus, concertantes sumptibus.
(Ausonius in Prologo de Septem Sapientibus .J
Apuleius in Metam. L. iii.
-------" Cuncti consona voce flagitant ut judicium tantum theatre- redderetur. Nee mora, cum
passim populus procurrens caveae conseptum mira celeritate complevit; aditus etiam et tectum
omne fartim stipaverant, plerique columnis implexi, alii statuis dependuli, nonnulli per fenestras
et lacunaria semiconspicui, miro tamen omnes studio visendi, pericula salutis negligebant. Tunc
me per proscenium medium velut quamdam victimam publica ministeria perducunt, et orchestra
mediae sistunt—(id. florida). Serus adveniens amicis annuit, locum sessui impertiunt. Extimus
quisque excuneati queruntur."
To the erecting of these structures the richest members of the community largely contributed;
in conducting the chorus, and exhibiting the games, those who were candidates for the honours
and public offices of the republic, stood forward in exonerating their fellow-citizens of the charge.
It appears also, that the theatres and public buildings, even the lands belonging to the temples,
or held in trust for sacred uses, were leased out to farm; the rents whereof contributed to increase
the revenues of the community. The following fragment was copied at Athens by Dr. Chandler,
from a marble relative to this subject of inquiry :
"IF THE CONTRACTORS SHALL NOT PERFORM THEIR ENGAGEMENT RESPECTING THE
" THEATRE; IN THAT CASE THE PEOPLE OF PIRAEUS SHALL COMPLETE WHAT IS
" WANTED, THE EXPENCE TO BE BORNE BY THE CONTRACTORS. THREE MEN OF
11 PIRAEUS TO BE CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE AS ASSESSORS WHEN THE THEATRE SHALL
" BE DELIVERED UP. THE ARCHON AND THE TREASURERS SHALL CAUSE COPIES
" OF THE AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO TO BE INSCRIBED ON A PILLAR OF STONE,
" AND PLACED IN THE PUBLIC FORUM; ALSO THAT THE NAMES OF THOSE WITH
" WHOM THE CONTRACT IS DEPOSITED SHALL BE INSERTED......CALLIADES
" MOVED, THAT THE PIR^EANS DO DECLARE......WHEREAS THEI^EUS HAS
" DESERVED WELL OF HIS COUNTRY BOTH IN THE PRESENT, AND PAST TIME, AND
" HAS CAUSED THE PRICE OF THE THEATRE TO BE ADVANCED 300 DRACHMAS;
Subito excitatam nulla mole saxea.
Murcena sic, et Gallius, nota eloquar.
Postquam potentes, nee verentes sumptuum,
JVomen perenne crediderunt, si semel
Constructa moles saxeo Jundamine
In omne tempus conderet ludis locum;
Cuneata crevit heec theatri immanitas.
Pompeius hanc, et Balbus, et Ccesar dedit
Octauianus, concertantes sumptibus.
(Ausonius in Prologo de Septem Sapientibus .J
Apuleius in Metam. L. iii.
-------" Cuncti consona voce flagitant ut judicium tantum theatre- redderetur. Nee mora, cum
passim populus procurrens caveae conseptum mira celeritate complevit; aditus etiam et tectum
omne fartim stipaverant, plerique columnis implexi, alii statuis dependuli, nonnulli per fenestras
et lacunaria semiconspicui, miro tamen omnes studio visendi, pericula salutis negligebant. Tunc
me per proscenium medium velut quamdam victimam publica ministeria perducunt, et orchestra
mediae sistunt—(id. florida). Serus adveniens amicis annuit, locum sessui impertiunt. Extimus
quisque excuneati queruntur."
To the erecting of these structures the richest members of the community largely contributed;
in conducting the chorus, and exhibiting the games, those who were candidates for the honours
and public offices of the republic, stood forward in exonerating their fellow-citizens of the charge.
It appears also, that the theatres and public buildings, even the lands belonging to the temples,
or held in trust for sacred uses, were leased out to farm; the rents whereof contributed to increase
the revenues of the community. The following fragment was copied at Athens by Dr. Chandler,
from a marble relative to this subject of inquiry :
"IF THE CONTRACTORS SHALL NOT PERFORM THEIR ENGAGEMENT RESPECTING THE
" THEATRE; IN THAT CASE THE PEOPLE OF PIRAEUS SHALL COMPLETE WHAT IS
" WANTED, THE EXPENCE TO BE BORNE BY THE CONTRACTORS. THREE MEN OF
11 PIRAEUS TO BE CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE AS ASSESSORS WHEN THE THEATRE SHALL
" BE DELIVERED UP. THE ARCHON AND THE TREASURERS SHALL CAUSE COPIES
" OF THE AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO TO BE INSCRIBED ON A PILLAR OF STONE,
" AND PLACED IN THE PUBLIC FORUM; ALSO THAT THE NAMES OF THOSE WITH
" WHOM THE CONTRACT IS DEPOSITED SHALL BE INSERTED......CALLIADES
" MOVED, THAT THE PIR^EANS DO DECLARE......WHEREAS THEI^EUS HAS
" DESERVED WELL OF HIS COUNTRY BOTH IN THE PRESENT, AND PAST TIME, AND
" HAS CAUSED THE PRICE OF THE THEATRE TO BE ADVANCED 300 DRACHMAS;