Note 211 — Chapter VI · PROFESSIONALISM AND SPECIALIZATION, 440-338 B.C.
Reading edition
The view adopted above is that of the late Mr. Louis Dyer, and is fully discussed by him in J.H.S. vol. xxviii. pp. 250 ff. The word θέατρον is here used of the arrangements for spectators overlooking the bare north-eastern corner of the Altis, and consisting in (1) the tiers of steps at the foot of the treasuries, (2) the Colonnade and its southward extension by the Hellanodiceon.