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conftitute this Species of Building, and which included all the reft, viz. the Place where the Aftors
performed, which they called, in general, the Stage.
The Place fet apart for the Audience, they called, more particularly, the Theatre, and the Orcheftra
was fet apart for the Muficians.
The Theatre of Athens here reprefented, is in Breadth,, taking it in its greateft Diameter, two
Hundred and iixty-three Feet, five Inches, and feven Parts.. The Place of Performance, or the
great Diameter of the Orcheftra, isoneHundred and ten Feet, eleven Inches, and two Parts; the
reft is for the Steps: the Walls of this Theatre are eight Feet, nine Inches and feven Parts thick ;
and the whole Fabric is of white Marble. Above the Seats of the Spectators are found four
Infcriptions (a) upon little Pillars : One of Artemidorus, Son of ApplkpBanes, of Achaia, who
perhaps might have Place among the dramatic Poets, for Apollophanes was a Comedian of Athens ;
his Plays are numbered by Suidas: One Artemidorus is alfo mentioned by him, whom he calls,
Uvictpicrofitvw; which was probably becaufe he putoutfome Comedies, either in the Name of Ariflo-
phanes, or in Imitation of him. The fecond was of one Philcetus, Freeman and Receiver of the
Tax of the twentieth, who made that Monument to his Friend ^uintus Calpurnius Eutyches.
The third was a Pillar of Nkon, of the Halians, a little Town of Attica, by the Sea Side : Whe-
ther it was of that Nkon, who was the great Victor in the Athletic Games, of whom Suidas fpeaks,
is not certain. The fourth was of ontCleo or Clean, the Son of. Andronkus of Phenos, a Town in
Acadia ; one of this Name was famous in Thucydides, for being Mafler of a Tongue that could per-,
fuade the People to whatfoever he defjred : He was their General alio in feveral Expeditions, and
was flain.in Thrace, flying with his Army from before Amphipolus, which he had befieged ; where
Brafffdas was Captain of the Lacedemonians, who, though he gained a great Victory, yet furvived.
it not long, but died of thofe Wounds he received from the Athenians, during the Purfuit.
There are ftill remaining above the Steps two Niches cut in the Rock, one on the right Hand,
the other on the left. In the firft was contained a Tripos, on which were reprefented Apollo and
Diana, piercing with Darts the Children of Niobe. This Theatre ferved the Athenians, not only
for the Rcprefentation of their dramatic .Performances, but they often met there likewife to carry on
Bufinefs. Diodorus Skulus relates, that on the News of an Irruption of Philip of Macedon, the
People of Athens came hither in a Body, without waiting, as was ufual, for an Order from the
Magiftrate.
The Outfide now remains to be confidered in this Point of View as it is drawn, which gives a
Profpecl; of it, fhewing Part of the Front; the Porch which was before it is demolifhed ; there are-
only fome detached Remains left. The Temple, which is above it, is that of Minerva. The
farther Arches, which are feen on the Right, and which are covered with a great even Wall, are
the .Remains of the Porch of Eumenes. This Portico was made ufe of by the Performers, for a
Repetition of their, feveral Parts in the dramatic Pieces; and was at the fame Time one of the prin-
cipal Walks of Athens. This was not only the Place of Recreation, but the Refort alfo. of the
Philofophers. The Followers of Arifiotle were called Peripatetkh, becaufe they held their Con-
ferences as they walked under this Porch. This Place was likewife the Rendezvous of the Difciples
of Zeno, who were called Stoics, from the GreeK Word Stoa, which fignifies a Porch.
Their great Columns which appear in the Diftance on the right Hand, are the Ruins of Adrians
Pantheon. There are likewife two others tp be feen divided from them, between which there is
but little Space. They are built upon the Rock of the Citadel a little above a fmall ancient Edifice
very curious.
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conftitute this Species of Building, and which included all the reft, viz. the Place where the Aftors
performed, which they called, in general, the Stage.
The Place fet apart for the Audience, they called, more particularly, the Theatre, and the Orcheftra
was fet apart for the Muficians.
The Theatre of Athens here reprefented, is in Breadth,, taking it in its greateft Diameter, two
Hundred and iixty-three Feet, five Inches, and feven Parts.. The Place of Performance, or the
great Diameter of the Orcheftra, isoneHundred and ten Feet, eleven Inches, and two Parts; the
reft is for the Steps: the Walls of this Theatre are eight Feet, nine Inches and feven Parts thick ;
and the whole Fabric is of white Marble. Above the Seats of the Spectators are found four
Infcriptions (a) upon little Pillars : One of Artemidorus, Son of ApplkpBanes, of Achaia, who
perhaps might have Place among the dramatic Poets, for Apollophanes was a Comedian of Athens ;
his Plays are numbered by Suidas: One Artemidorus is alfo mentioned by him, whom he calls,
Uvictpicrofitvw; which was probably becaufe he putoutfome Comedies, either in the Name of Ariflo-
phanes, or in Imitation of him. The fecond was of one Philcetus, Freeman and Receiver of the
Tax of the twentieth, who made that Monument to his Friend ^uintus Calpurnius Eutyches.
The third was a Pillar of Nkon, of the Halians, a little Town of Attica, by the Sea Side : Whe-
ther it was of that Nkon, who was the great Victor in the Athletic Games, of whom Suidas fpeaks,
is not certain. The fourth was of ontCleo or Clean, the Son of. Andronkus of Phenos, a Town in
Acadia ; one of this Name was famous in Thucydides, for being Mafler of a Tongue that could per-,
fuade the People to whatfoever he defjred : He was their General alio in feveral Expeditions, and
was flain.in Thrace, flying with his Army from before Amphipolus, which he had befieged ; where
Brafffdas was Captain of the Lacedemonians, who, though he gained a great Victory, yet furvived.
it not long, but died of thofe Wounds he received from the Athenians, during the Purfuit.
There are ftill remaining above the Steps two Niches cut in the Rock, one on the right Hand,
the other on the left. In the firft was contained a Tripos, on which were reprefented Apollo and
Diana, piercing with Darts the Children of Niobe. This Theatre ferved the Athenians, not only
for the Rcprefentation of their dramatic .Performances, but they often met there likewife to carry on
Bufinefs. Diodorus Skulus relates, that on the News of an Irruption of Philip of Macedon, the
People of Athens came hither in a Body, without waiting, as was ufual, for an Order from the
Magiftrate.
The Outfide now remains to be confidered in this Point of View as it is drawn, which gives a
Profpecl; of it, fhewing Part of the Front; the Porch which was before it is demolifhed ; there are-
only fome detached Remains left. The Temple, which is above it, is that of Minerva. The
farther Arches, which are feen on the Right, and which are covered with a great even Wall, are
the .Remains of the Porch of Eumenes. This Portico was made ufe of by the Performers, for a
Repetition of their, feveral Parts in the dramatic Pieces; and was at the fame Time one of the prin-
cipal Walks of Athens. This was not only the Place of Recreation, but the Refort alfo. of the
Philofophers. The Followers of Arifiotle were called Peripatetkh, becaufe they held their Con-
ferences as they walked under this Porch. This Place was likewife the Rendezvous of the Difciples
of Zeno, who were called Stoics, from the GreeK Word Stoa, which fignifies a Porch.
Their great Columns which appear in the Diftance on the right Hand, are the Ruins of Adrians
Pantheon. There are likewife two others tp be feen divided from them, between which there is
but little Space. They are built upon the Rock of the Citadel a little above a fmall ancient Edifice
very curious.
(*) '•
APTEMEAflPOE
AnOAAO*AN0T
AXAPNETS-
CL CALPVRNIO EVTYCHO
PHILETVS P. BL. XX. LIB. VICVS FECIT
K. KAATITPNIO *IAHTO
EIKOCTHC EAET0EPETC IKONOMOC
EnOlHCEN TNHnO STATIOTHI
3-
NIKQN
ATEIOT
AAIETS
KAEQ
ANiPONIKOT
tfENEATIS-
De/crtpiion