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EXCAVATIONS AT THE ODEUM COMMENCED.
43
Odeum which justified the trustees afterwards in making
further advances, and which led ultimately to successful
The site of the Odeum, or lyric theatre, was not a
matter of doubt. It was built on the southern slope of
Mount Coressus; and even before the excavations were
begun, the outer semicircular wall of the auditorium w I
o be seen above ground a. each extremity I had hie
—ni^^^t-^^-uts'of^
a wide trenh which f CUU'"g " ''*'" ""^ '° '*
and the cent ,t waT 7°^ »■*"■**«»>* '*
way into the Theat" L , ? ""J ta« b TOrking ^
I had cleared a con , m 6 "K end of the ^tlth,
«age, by :t, ;,s; :tbrportion :f the puip!tum -
doorway into the one °Ut tl,rouSh *e central
of «he sta, ,1 s 1 T"d ln fr°'«- On the portion
small pieces onscT "^ ^ a =re« '™"*er of
were broken M w„ f e Clacl° of the proscenium, and
*auo„e,nn;d:;i:dt™:tas-"ai"^"»°-
"»te readily 11^° "^ °« "V "-.ructions
"ata at yceZT rPhn0f,he0de"m f'™'he
Nervals betwe " ' ^ "*** h™ d»ri"S «**
■aueh d ffic ' Z V'S,tS' t0 »-'« "re work wLut
oxcavationsH'e fmany ^ °bJects fo™d !" the
both ganger and workmen^ "' ""* W^'^ b>'
March 20__True rl
Place in Smyrna Ti V mterestinS ceremonial took
J™- There had been very little rain for
Fragments'
of inscrip-
tions.
43
Odeum which justified the trustees afterwards in making
further advances, and which led ultimately to successful
The site of the Odeum, or lyric theatre, was not a
matter of doubt. It was built on the southern slope of
Mount Coressus; and even before the excavations were
begun, the outer semicircular wall of the auditorium w I
o be seen above ground a. each extremity I had hie
—ni^^^t-^^-uts'of^
a wide trenh which f CUU'"g " ''*'" ""^ '° '*
and the cent ,t waT 7°^ »■*"■**«»>* '*
way into the Theat" L , ? ""J ta« b TOrking ^
I had cleared a con , m 6 "K end of the ^tlth,
«age, by :t, ;,s; :tbrportion :f the puip!tum -
doorway into the one °Ut tl,rouSh *e central
of «he sta, ,1 s 1 T"d ln fr°'«- On the portion
small pieces onscT "^ ^ a =re« '™"*er of
were broken M w„ f e Clacl° of the proscenium, and
*auo„e,nn;d:;i:dt™:tas-"ai"^"»°-
"»te readily 11^° "^ °« "V "-.ructions
"ata at yceZT rPhn0f,he0de"m f'™'he
Nervals betwe " ' ^ "*** h™ d»ri"S «**
■aueh d ffic ' Z V'S,tS' t0 »-'« "re work wLut
oxcavationsH'e fmany ^ °bJects fo™d !" the
both ganger and workmen^ "' ""* W^'^ b>'
March 20__True rl
Place in Smyrna Ti V mterestinS ceremonial took
J™- There had been very little rain for
Fragments'
of inscrip-
tions.