Book Review of Le Théâtre, by Philippe Fraisse and Jean-Charles Moretti

Abstract

The theater at Delos is one of the most important in the Greek world. This is due partly to the survival of detailed inscriptional accounts relating to the construction and maintenance works of the building and partly to the fact that, despite its generally poor state of preservation, sufficient architectural elements survive scattered over and near the theater site to allow a plausible reconstruction of the building. Additionally, it is familiar as the exemplar of Vitruvius’ prescriptions for building a Greek theater.