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This is a list of ancient Greek theatres by location. Attica and Athens. Theatre of Dionysus, Athens; Theatre of Thorikos, East Attica; Odeon of Athens, Athens;
Ancient Greek theatre in Delos. The theatron was the seating area, built into a hill to create a natural viewing space. The first seats in Greek theatres (other than just sitting on the ground) were wooden, but around 499 BC, the practice of inlaying stone blocks into the side of the hill to create permanent, stable seating became more common.
The Theatre of Thorikos (Greek: Αρχαίο Θέατρο Θορικού), situated north of Lavrio, was an ancient Greek theater in the demos of Thorikos in Attica, Greece. . It holds the distinction of being the world's oldest known theater, [1] [2] dating back to its construction around 525–480 BC.
View of the Theatre and Sanctuary of Dionysus from the west. The Theatre of Dionysus [1] (or Theatre of Dionysos, Greek: Θέατρο του Διονύσου) is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus (Dionysus the Liberator [2]).
This nomination lists 15 Greek theatres in different regions of Greece. Theatres were an indispensable element of urban centres from the Classical period onwards, attaining their full architectural form in the 4th century BCE. Some of the theatres in the nomination are parts of the existing World Heritage Sites: the Theatre of Epidaurus, the ...
Odeon or Odeum (Ancient Greek: ᾨδεῖον, Ōideion, lit. "singing place") is the name for several ancient Greek and Roman buildings built for musical activities such as singing, musical shows, and poetry competitions. Odeons were smaller than Greek and Roman theatres. [clarification needed]
The Argos theater reflects on the same template other Greek theaters follow. The paradoi is the entrance that directs actors onto the stage or to the orchestra for the chorus. The scaenae frons is the backdrop of the theater. The Argos Theater was composed on a hillside giving a view of the Caicus River behind the performers. [4] Argos Theater ...
Ancient Greek theatres (1 C, 6 P) Cult of Apollo (3 C, 1 P) C. Ancient Greek comedy (4 C, 12 P) D. Cult of Dionysus (8 C, 31 P) Ancient Greek dramatists and ...