Elizabeth R. Gebhard is Professor Emerita of Classics and Mediterranean Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago and serves as Research Associate at the University of Chicago and at Edinburgh University, UK. Dr. Gebhard served as Director of the theater excavations at Stobi from 1970-1981 and Director of the University of Chicago Excavations at Isthmia from 1976 to 2024. Publications include The Theater at Isthmia (1974) and numerous articles about Isthmia, its cults and monuments, and about the ancient theater at Stobi.

• SUMMARY Резиме INTRODUCTIONHistory Topography History of Excavations System of Recording Acknowledgements    CHAPTER I: THE FIRST THEATER (PHASE I)Introduction Remains of the First Theater  Plan of the First Theater Construction  Comparanda Planning Summary  CHAPTER II: THE SCENE-BUILDING (PHASE II)Introduction Reused Walls from Phase I New Construction in Phase II Construction  Sculpture Conclusion  CHAPTER III: CAVEA, PARADOI, AND ORCHESTRA (PHASE II)Introduction The Cavea The Parodoi The Orchestra Conclusion  CHAPTER IV: PHASE IIIIntroduction Scene-Building  The Parodoi The Arena The Refuges The Arena Floor The Cavea Conclusion  CHAPTER V: PLANNING OF THE THEATER AT STOBIIntroduction Location Size and Design The Vitruvian Planning Diagrams as Applied to the Stobi Theater in Phases I and II Conclusion  DEPOSITS: CHAPTER I Pre-Construction Construction  Use Destruction  DEPOSITS: CHAPTER II Construction  Use  DEPOSITS: CHAPTER III Construction  Use Destruction  DEPOSITS: CHAPTER IVConstruction  Use Abandonment Destruction  TABLES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX FIGURES

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