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TEMPLE OF DIOXYSOS, ETC. 453
orchestra in the usual arrangement of a Greek
theatre, is not j)aved.
Prom the outside or front of the theatre, the
platform is approached by a flight of two steps.
(See the Section.) Outside the gateway on the
west, these steps bend round so as to describe the
segment of a circle.
Prom the position of the pedestal, and the un-
usually small scale of this theatre, it is probable
that it was an Odeum, or theatre for musical contests.
It is to be presumed that the pedestal was a
thymele. The performer, doubtless, stood on this
base in the manner represented in several Greek
vase pictures, of which musical contests are the
subjects.0
It will be seen that in this Odeum a metallic
railing stood in the place of the usual solid masonry
of the Scena. The absence of this feature is pro-
bably due to the extreme smallness of the cavea.
Prom the nearness of the audience, no boundary-
wall would be required to condense the sound.
On digging within the alcove, it was found that
the soil had accumulated above the foundations, to
an average depth of 10'. The present height of the
wall is 22'; there is no proof that it was ever car-
ried any higher. No pavement was found within
the area of the alcove; it was traversed by an
irregular foundation-wall marked C in the Plan.
The digging was continued in front of the alcove
c See Wieseler, Theatergebiiude, Taf. iv. figg. 6, 7. Catalogue
of Vases in British Museum, 1851, No. 727.
orchestra in the usual arrangement of a Greek
theatre, is not j)aved.
Prom the outside or front of the theatre, the
platform is approached by a flight of two steps.
(See the Section.) Outside the gateway on the
west, these steps bend round so as to describe the
segment of a circle.
Prom the position of the pedestal, and the un-
usually small scale of this theatre, it is probable
that it was an Odeum, or theatre for musical contests.
It is to be presumed that the pedestal was a
thymele. The performer, doubtless, stood on this
base in the manner represented in several Greek
vase pictures, of which musical contests are the
subjects.0
It will be seen that in this Odeum a metallic
railing stood in the place of the usual solid masonry
of the Scena. The absence of this feature is pro-
bably due to the extreme smallness of the cavea.
Prom the nearness of the audience, no boundary-
wall would be required to condense the sound.
On digging within the alcove, it was found that
the soil had accumulated above the foundations, to
an average depth of 10'. The present height of the
wall is 22'; there is no proof that it was ever car-
ried any higher. No pavement was found within
the area of the alcove; it was traversed by an
irregular foundation-wall marked C in the Plan.
The digging was continued in front of the alcove
c See Wieseler, Theatergebiiude, Taf. iv. figg. 6, 7. Catalogue
of Vases in British Museum, 1851, No. 727.