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ante milhes & remiges alebantur> cum urbano popuh dividi czptum
eH.^uibus rebus effedum esi, ut inter sua Gr£corum, [ordidum&
•hfcurum anlea Mtcedsmm notnen emergtret, &c» Of the Theater
I will say little,as also of the ftage : Only that the places in
the Theater were not promiscuous. For there was a distin-
stion between Senatours and yongersort. The Senatours
were named n fahAmuv, among which it is probable the n Aristoph.p,;
Judges had the first place,as" Pallux. The seats os the youth 5? 8-
were called EpiiiWe. One part os the stage was Orchestra, in 4 Ll ^'c'19'
which was 0u^An,eicheJ a Tribunall or an Altar.That upon P"
all their siages there was an Altar sacred to Bacchus, is appa*
rent out of I)onat: he saies it ssood on one side os thestagei
before the doores, Pollux, who names itA*.«4';. There was
moreover a Table called E/^eir, on which before the time
of-7lbsJs>*s some body aseending in the Poets place, did an-
swer the Chorus. P Plutarch thinks et*s&r to be derived srom p Oe Musica
©4©-.because that before the building os Theaters the anci- p.44i.
ehts embracing Musick, only for institution os youth and
pruise of their Gods, sung the commendation os good men
and honour of their Deities in Temple*.
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