Word: vitruvius
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Professor Doerpfeld then proceeded to discuss and refute various arguments adduced in support of the traditional view, namely, those based on the language of Vitruvius, on the theory that a stage was needed in order to enable the audience to see the action; and, finally, the supposed evidence of the theatre at Megalopolis and of certain pictures upon Greek vases from lower Italy. He showed that not only is the evidence of the plays themselves and also of other branches of literature in favor of the united action of actors and chorus on the same orchestral level, but that...
...with great skill has arranged them to speak for themselves. The conclusions which he then draws are, in the light of the exhuastive and absolutely complete collection of facts, clearly inevitable. The plays of Aristophanes, at all events, could not have been produced upon the stage described by Vitruvius Pollio in his work on architecture. Thus Professor White byliterary methods has obtained the same results as Dr. Dorpfeld from his architectural investigations in the ruins of Greek theatres of the period of Aristophanic comedy...