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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I: THE FORUM AND BASILICA
CHAPTER II: THE TREASURY, PRISON, AND SENATE HOUSE
CHAPTER III: THE THEATRE: ITS SITE, FOUNDATIONS, AND ACOUSTICS
CHAPTER IV: HARMONICS
CHAPTER V: SOUNDING VESSELS IN THE THEATRE
CHAPTER VI: PLAN OF THE THEATRE
CHAPTER VII: GREEK THEATRES
CHAPTER VIII: ACOUSTICS OF THE SITE OF A THEATRE
CHAPTER IX: COLONNADES AND WALKS
CHAPTER X: BATHS
CHAPTER XI: THE
PALAESTRA
CHAPTER XII: HARBOURS, BREAKWATERS, AND SHIPYARDS
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6. Whoever wishes to carry out these principles with ease, has only to consult the scheme at the end of this book, drawn up in accordance with the laws of music. It was left by Aristoxenus, who with great ability and labour classified and arranged in it the different modes. In accordance with it, and by giving heed to these theories, one can easily bring a theatre to perfection, from the point of view of the nature of the voice, so as to give pleasure to the audience.
Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture. Vitruvius. Morris Hicky Morgan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. London: Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press. 1914.
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