Figure 148

Leon de Laborde, Voyage de l’Asie Mineure 1838, 86–87,
Pl. xxxix-83. PD–Art Old

This drawing by Leon de Laborde depicts the north theater in 1838, when the stage building still indicated three rows of cut stone visible and the seats appeared to be in excellent condition.

Figure 147

Photograph by Rjdeadly, PD

West theater looking toward the Lycus Valley. The white traverstine cliffs of Hierapolis (Pamukkale) are visible just over the top of the theater. The theatre had recently been reconstructed by Turkish archaeologists. Tourism lives on. Canadian archaeologists from Laval did work at Laodicea until Turkey banned anyone from outside the country to do work in Turkey.

Figure 120

© 2017, David E. Graves, ECM

The overgrown remains of the theater in Philadelphia.

Figure 99

© 2017 David E. Graves, ECM

Urban plan of the city of Sardis. 1). Bath-Gymnasium; 2). Synagogue; 3). Byzantine Shops; 4). Lydian Gate; 5). Cybele Altar, Lydian Gold Refinery and Byzantine Churches; 6). Temple of Artemis; 7). Stadium; 8). Theater; 9). Temple of the Imperial Cult; 10). Temple?; 11). Temple?; 12). Bath; 13). Tower; 14). Sanctuary of Demeter; 15). Byzantine church; 16). Terrace.

Figure 64

© Photo by Bernard Gagnon, PD

The Hellenistic theater (ca. 225–200 BC) carved vertically out of the side of the mountain with a capacity of ca. 10,000 citizens.