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out a proscenium, perhaps from motives of 

 economy, when a temporary one may have been 

 erected as needed, or, more probably, for the con- 

 venience of removing it to suit different kinds of 

 performance and amusements where more room 

 was required, or the proscenium not necessary. 



The whole diameter of this theatre is one 

 hundred and sixty-six feet, and that of the area 

 thirty-six. It is of the Greek form, and con- 

 tains twenty-six rows of seats, which are well 

 finished, like those in the theatres of Patara 

 and Xanthus. 



The ruins of greatest interest at Antiphellus 

 are its rock tombs and sarcophagi. The former 

 are not numerous, there being in all about 

 twelve, scattered on the sides of the hill at 

 the back of the port, and on the north side 

 of the city. From several of them we copied 

 inscriptions with Lycian characters, one of which, 

 of arched form and double, bore a Latin legend 

 in addition to the Lycian. 



The sarcophagi among and adjoining the 

 ruins amount to more than a hundred, the 

 largest group being on the rocky slope rising 

 on the east side of the port, where the greater 

 part are still standing, but broken in through 



