The Greek theater and its dramaFlickinger, Roy C. (Roy Caston)
History
The Greek theater and its drama
Flickinger, Roy C. (Roy Caston)
Drama -- Technique; Greek drama -- History and criticism; Theater -- Greece -- History -- To 500
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Buildings |Radius of|Three-tenths|Depth of Stage|Height of Stage
|Orchestra| of Radius |or Proscenium | or Proscenium
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Graeco-Roman: | | | |
Termessus |11.00 m. | 3.30 m. | about 4.00 m.| 2.45 m.
Sagalassus |12.75 m. | 3.80 m. | 5.70 m. | 2.77 m.
Patara |11.85 m. | 3.55 m. | 3.50 m. | 2.50 m.
Myra |17.50 m. | 5.20 m. | 3.50 m. |
Tralles | | | | about 3.00 m.
Magnesia | | | |
(rebuilt) | | | |at least 2.30 m.
Hellenistic: | | | |
Eretria | | | 2.40 m. |
Oropus | | | 1.95 m. |
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TABLE II (Fiechter)
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| |From Center | | |
| |of Orchestra| | Depth of |Height of
Buildings |Radius of|to _Scaenae |Three-tenths| Stage or | Stage or
|Orchestra| Frons_ | of Radius |Proscenium |Proscenium
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Hellenistic: | | | | |
Priene | 9.32 m. | 9.31 m. | 2.79 m. | 2.74 m. | 2.72 m.
Ephesus |12.33 m. | 12.25 m. | 3.69 m. | | 2.62 m.
Delos | about | 10.60 m. | 3.16 m. | 3.60 m. | 3.00 m.
|10.55 m. | | | |
Magnesia | | | | | more than
| | | | | 2.30 m.
Graeco-Roman: | | | | |
Termessus | 9.90 m. | 12.60 m. | 2.97 m. |4.00-5.5 m.|
Sagalassus |12.73 m. | 17.94 m. | 3.80 m. | 7.54 m. | 2.77 m.
Patara |11.85 m. | 14.50 m. | 3.55 m. | 6.00 m. | 2.50 m.
Tralles |13.20 m. | | 3.96 m. | 6.50 m. | at least
| | | | | 2.50 m.
Magnesia |10.65 m. | | 3.20 m. | 6.00 m. | more than
(rebuilt) | | | | | 2.30 m.
Ephesus |14.47 m. | 12.50 m. | 4.34 m. | 6.00- | 2.62 m.
(rebuilt) | | | | 9.00 m. |
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