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In 2009, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel to the Mediterranean. One of the stops on our tour was the ruins of the Greek City of Ephesus in Turkey. Near the end of the site is the remains of the theater. In George Izenours book on Roofed Theaters of Classical Antiquity he wrote: The Odeum was one of the two theaters in this now deserted but rich and historically famous Ionian city. The other theater, but a short walk from this odeum was one of the largest Hellenistic theaters in Asia Minor. It has been remodeled at least twice, and there are also the usual unmistakeable signs of extensive renovations during the Roman Empire to suit changing tastes for popular outdoor entertainments. This odeum, built of local limestone and marble opus quadratum, seated about thirteen hundred persons in a half round cavea facing the typical masonary-structured shallow Roman pulpitum. Except for the scaenae frons, which is a ruin, enough of the pulpitum and cavea remains to give an accurate determination of the overall size of the building, but there is no indication whatever that the auditorium could possibly have been roofed. Izenour, George C. Roofed Theaters of Classical Antiquity. New Haven: McGraw-Hill, 1992. (142) This is a link to a more extensive look at this site. whitman.edu/theatre/theatretour/ephesus/ephesus.home.htm
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:57:20 +0000

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