Magnesia on the Meander, Theatron

1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS- 2. INTRODUCTION; 2.1. MAGNESIA AD MAEANDRUM, 2.2. LOCATION, 2.3.DEFINITION, TERMINOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY- 3. EXCAVATION - DOCUMENTATION - CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION; 3.1. THE EXCAVATION PHASE, 3.2. THE ARCHITECTURAL DOCUMENTATION PHASE, 3.3. THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION PHASE- 4. OBSERVATIONS AND DETERMINATIONS; 4.1. DATA CONCERNING THE LANDSLIDE, 4.1.1. CRACKS AND FRACTURES IN THE IN SITU ELEMENTS, 4.1.2.THE CONDITION OF THE FINDS; 4.1.2.1. The Condition of the Reused Blocks, 4.1.2.2. The Condition of the Displaced Blocks, 4.1.2.3. The Condition of the Blocks Displaced During the Landslide, 4.1.2.4. The Condition of the Blocks at the Chiselling Stage, 4.2.THE MASONRY TECHNIQUES IN THE THEATRON, 4.3. THE MARBLE MASONRY IN THE THEATRON- 5. THE SECTIONS OF THE THEATRON AND PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION; 5.1. DESCRIPTION OF THE FOUNDATIONS AND PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION, 5.1.1 PODIUM FOUNDATION, 5.1.2. FRONT RETAINING WALL, 5.1.3. RADIAL FILLS, 5.1.4. MIDDLE RETAINING WALL, 5.1.5.SIDE RETAINING WALLS, 5.2.THE SUBSTRUCTURE: DEFINITION AND PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION, 5.2.1.THE SLOPING FILLS, 5.2.2. THE REAR RETAINING WALL, 5.2.3.THE FRONT ARCHES, 5.2.4. THE STEP FILLS, 5.2.5. THE PLATFORMS, 5.2.6.THE IRREGULAR ROW FOUNDATIONS, 5.2.7 HE SLOPING RETAINING WALLS (RAMPS), 5.2.8. THE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE SUBSTRUCTURE, 5.3. THE SUPERSTRUCTURE: DEFINITION AND PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION, 5.3.1. THE PODIUM BASE, 5.3.2. THE ORTHOSTATS, 5.3.3. THE PROEDRIAI, 5.3.4. THE DIAZOMA, 5.3.5. THE ENTRANCE, 5.3.6.THE PLACEMENT OF THE BLOCKS IN THE CAVEA, 5.3.6.1.The FootresT, 5.3.6.2. The Staircases, 5.3.6.3. The Seating Rows- 5.3.6.3.1. The Masonry on the Side Surfaces, 5.3.6.3.2. The Masonry on the Upper Surfaces, 5.3.6.3.3. The Masonry on the Front Surfaces, 5.3.6.3.4. The Seating Blocks with Lions’ Paws- 6. THE ORCHESTRA AND STAGE (?)- 7. THE APPEARANCE AT THE TIME THE CONSTRUCTION HALTED- 8. THE RESTITUTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; 8.1.UNIT OF MEASUREMENT, CAPACITY AND PLAN TYPE, 8.2.THE CAVEA AND THE PODIUM DIAZOMA, 8.3. THE ORCHESTRA AND STAGE, 9. THE HISTORY OF THE THEATRON- 10. THE FUNCTION OF THE THEATRON, 10.1.THE STAGE STRUCTURE(?), 10.2. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CAVEA AND THE ORCHESTRA, 10.3. PROEDRIAI AND TABULAE- 11. RESTORATION PROJECTS, AND ORGANISATION AND LANDSCAPING OF THE AREA AROUND THE SITE- ABBREVIATIONS- CAPTIONS FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE THEATRON- FIGURES