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 236 ON THE REPRESENTATION OF This opinion has been derived from the words of Pollux ^ But if this had been the case, the name would surely have been vTroXoyehv, not vTToa/c^viov, and the analogy of eiriaK-qviov, which denotes the third story of the scene, when there was one, would lead at once to the conclusion that viroo-Kr^viov must denote the lower story of the scene itself. Besides, Pollux is here speaking of the scene, for he immediately afterwards mentions the three doors; and, as he says that the vnroaKrjvLov was adorned with columns and images, he could hardly have been speaking of the temporary substructure of the Xoyecov. In the monuments which represent the Xoyeiov during the performance of a piece, it seems to be ornamented with candelabra and fillets of wool, or such other decorations as might be painted on the wood (see Fig. 3) 2. That th.e lower part of the scene itself was adorned with images and columns we know from Vitruvius and from the inscription at Patara^. It is also clear that p. 178; Genelli, Theat. z. Ath. p. 47. The right view is taken by Schonborn, p. lOI. ^ IV. § I ■24: TO Se VTroaK7}VLOv kloctl /cat ay aX/xarioLS KeKOcr/JirjTO irphs to diarpov reTpafifievou, utto 5^ XoyeXov k€i/jl^uov. ^ Wieseler, Theatergeh. Taf. iii. 18, ix. 14. ^ Vitruv. V. 6; Bockh, G. I. No. 4-283: Tr]v tCju avbpidvrwv Kal dyaXfidruv dvi-