Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Theatre
THEATRE (dearpov, " a place for seeing," from BeaffOai), a building specially devised for dramatic representations. The drama arose from the choric dances in honour of Dionysus, which were held in a circular dancing-place (opx^orpo, Lat. orchestra) in his prec ...
Vol. 26, pp. 729-738 · ocr-imported-page-alignedEnergy
... cella walls, ENGEL— ENGHIEN repeating the columns of the peristyle, and in the theatres and amphitheatres, where they subdivided the arched openings: in all these cases engaged columns are utilized as a decorative feature, and as a rule the same proportions a ...
Vol. 9, pp. 398-405 · ocr-imported-page-alignedUnited States
... y settled country, which was itself a formidable obstacle to war. Ohio had been Theatre t admitted as a state in 1802, and Louisiana was u,eWar. admitted in 1812; but their admission had been due to the desire to grant them self-government rather than to their ...
Vol. 27, pp. 612-735 · ocr-imported-page-alignedUtah
... Local glaciation has carved the higher levels of this range into a maze of amphitheatres containing lakes, separated from each other by aretes and alpine peaks. Among the peaks are King's Peaks (13,498 ft. and 13,496 ft.), the highest points in the state; Mt. ...
Vol. 27, pp. 813-818 · ocr-imported-page-aligned