 built in the 5th century B.C. and could seat over 14,000. An inscription at the theater tells the story of Andocles and the Lion. In the plaza near the amphitheater is an inscribed limestone pavement which reads: ERASTVS PRO AEDILITATE S P STRAVI. The translation, as given by Otto F. Meinardus, is: "Erastus, in return of the aedileship, laid the pavement at his own expense." It is possible this Erastus was the friend of Paul (Rom. 16:23; 2 Tim. 4:20).
-Copyright 2005 David Padfield. Article used with permission of author.