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Theatre. This is situated immediately South
of the square temple. It is an excellent example
of the built theatre as distinguished from the
excavated theatre. It is well preserved except
in the higher portions - but the fact that it is
occupied by the houses of no less than three
native families, who stable their flocks and
herds in its vaulted passages, renders a
complete study of the structure some what difficult.

As will be seen in the plan opposite a complete
restoration may be secured by careful
measurements. From this everything can be
determined except the exact depth of the orchestra
and the method by which the upper tiers of
seats were reached. The former however
may be approximately estimated from the
known height of the lower passages and the
relative position of the stage and the seating space.

The stage buildings are completely preserved
and reproduce in certain features the plan of
the Oideion of Herodes Atticus built in Athens
about 100 years earlier - a ^ [...] stair ^ occupies
either wing of the stage buildings.