Ancient theatres (177 Subjects)
Ancient Theater of Syracuse. Details: Fig. 1 represents the plan of the steps leading from the diazoma to the cuneus. Fig. 2: Section and elevation of ditto, thus brought together in order to explain more clearly the relative situation of the parts Fig. 3: Section through the podium of the diazoma, with the cornice restored.
View of Carthaea, ancient city on Kea island. In the background the Acropolis of the city. On the left the ancient theater.
Α. Plan of a building in Nicaea (Iznik). Β, C and F: View and plans of the Ancient Theater of Ephesus. D. Plan of the Ancient Theater in Alabanda (Arabihissar). Ε. Plan of the Ancient Theater in Pythagoreio in Samos. G. Plan of the Ancient Theater in Magnesia on the Maeander.
View of the remains of the ancient theater of Erythrae, ancient city in Asia Minor. In the background the island of Chios.
Plan of stadium and ancient theatre as they are found in Magnesia, Tralles, Sardes and Pergamon, indicating how in those cities the theatre is adjacent to the stadium.
Plan of the ancient theatre of Patara. Plan of the ancient theatre of Myra. Drawings by C.R. Cockerell.
An example of the plan of an ancient theatre of Europe (Greece, southern Italy). According to William Leake, the orchestra forms a semicircle parallel to the scene, in contrast to the theatres of Asia Minor, which possess a wider orchestra forming an arc of approximately 220º.
Plan of the gymnasium and palaestra of Hierapolis, based on the drawings by Charles Robert Cockerell.
