262 ATHENS. 
c j 1 ^ p - Greece and Asia Minor were not solely appro- 
priated to plays and public shows ; sometimes 
they were used for state assemblies ; and occa- 
sionally as schools, in which the most eminent 
philosophers harangued their scholars. St. Paul 
was desirous to go into the theatre at Ephesus, 
to address the people, during the uproar caused 
by Demetrius the silversmith ! ; but was intreated 
by his disciples not to present himself there, 
through fear that he would encounter the 
violence which Gaius and Aristarchus had al- 
ready experienced 8 . 
From the Odeum of Regilla we went to the 
AREOPAGUS; wishing to place our feet upon a 
spot where it is so decidedly known that 
St. Paul had himself stood, when he declared 
unto the Athenians* the nature of THE 
(1) Acts\\\. 30,31. 
(2) This brief survey of the form of an ant lent Creek theatre, and 
of its various parts, will be found useful to travellers, during their 
examination of the remains of such structures. Those who wish to 
see the subject more fully discussed, may consult Guilletierei from 
whose researches, added to his personal observations, it has been, with 
very little alteration, derived. The author, having already proved its 
accuracy, by comparing it with the Notes he made among the ruins 
of the Grecian theatres, and finding that it had bee:i unaccountably 
overlooked, conceived it might make a useful addition to his work. 
(3) Acts xvii. 22. 
