Schultz, Robert W.; Gardner, Ernest Arthur; Loring, William; Richards, G. C.; Woodhouse, William John: Excavations at Megalopolis: 1890 - 1891 (London: Macmillan, 1892)

CHAP. III.]

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS.

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In our theatre, as at Epidaurus, the wedges of the seats were, presumably, divided into Wedges divided
two above the level of the diazoma; and perhaps here, on account of the width of the lower
wedges at top, for some distance below it also.


Fig. 28.—Restored Section through the Auditorium.

based

A calculation of the
on the restoration of

number of people which this auditorium was capable of seating,
seats as shown on the restored plan and section (Figs. 27 and 28)

Total number of
people whom
auditorium
could seat.

Fig. 29.—Section through the Diazoma at Epidaurus.


and worked out on an allowance, in the ordinary seats, of 13 inches for each person—
the allowance indicated by the marks cut on the risers of the seats at Athens—and of 16 inches
in the benches, gives us a total of 19,700 persons.

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