logeion

They call this the [Greek: logeion], for the reason that there the tragic and comic actors perform on the stage, while other artists give their performances in the entire orchestra; hence, from this fact they are given in Greek the distinct names "Scenic" and

The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

In the centre of the 'orchestra', directly over against the middle of the 'scene', there stood an elevation with steps in the shape of a large altar, as high as the boards of the 'logeion' or moveable stage.

Literary Remains, Volume 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

(_logeion_) was a permanent structure of stone or marble adorned with doors, cornices, pilasters, etc.

A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890

_scene_, there stood an elevation with steps in the shape of a large altar, as high as the boards of the _logeion_ or moveable stage.

Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803