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CHAPTER XVII.

LOWER THEATRE. TEMPLE OF DIONYSOS, ETC.

Excavation at entrance to lower Theatre ; discovery of vestibule
and inscriptions ; Vomitory ; inscriptions in walls of Theatre
taken from some earlier building ; excavations on site of Temple
probably of Dionysos ; discovery of slabs of frieze ; portions of
this frieze probably transported to Cos by Knights of St. John ;
discovery of Odeum ; its ihymele. Absence of a Scene accounted
for ; alcove.

On first establishing ourselves at Cnidus, I com-
menced an excavation on the western side of the
lower theatre, close to which we had made our en-
campment. A plan and section of this theatre are
given in the Dilettanti volume, PI. XXIL, XXIII.
The portion explored by us is shown in the wood-
cut on tbe following page.

I commenced by an excavation at A, in front of
the Scene, of which the foundations are visible
above the ground. From this spot the cutting
was continued in a westerly direction, so as to
lay bare the end wall of the cavea, B, which,
as was visually the case in Asiatic theatres, runs
obliquely to the front of the Scene. The foun-
dations of this wall were found at an average

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