380 
BENGAZI. 
English miles and a half*'; its length, from north to south, some- 
thing less than a mile f , and its breadth from east to west something 
more than three-quarters J. 
Such of the plans of the buildings at Ptolemeta as could in their 
present state be satisfactorily made out, will be found in plate (page 
385 ;) but although the forms of the theatres and amphitheatre pre- 
vent their being mistaken for other buildings, it would not be possi- 
ble without excavation to make out their details with any accuracy. 
^Ve have given our idea of the larger of the two theatres, from the 
appearance and the measurements of the existing remains of it §, but 
the smaller one was too much ruined, and too much encumbered, to 
allow of our hazarding a similar attempt, and we have confined our- 
selves to its general dimensions, as given in the plan of the town. 
W e may reckon the diameter of the orchestra of the larger theatre 
at about one hundred and forty-five English feet, and that of the part 
appropriated to the cunei, at about fifty of the same. The whole 
diameter of the theatre would thus be two hundred and forty-five 
feet. It will be observed that the area of the orchestra is very consi- 
derably larger than that occupied by the same part of the building in 
Greek and Roman theatres in general, and that the passages leading 
into it are wider in proportion to the cunei than usual. It will also be 
seen, from the absence of any proecinctions, that there were no inte- 
rior communications in this theatre, by which the spectators dis- 
persed themselves over the body of the house : the only approach to 
* 480 feet less. f 480 less. % 440 more. § See plate. 
