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The Theatre of Ephesus with harbour street. Due to ancient and subsequent deforestation , overgrazing (mostly by goat herds), erosion and soil degradation , the Mediterranean coast is now 3–4 km (2–2 mi) away from the site, sediment having filled the plain and the coast.
Theatre of Ephesus, İzmir Province; Theatre of Halicarnassus, Bodrum, Muğla Province; Theatre of Hierapolis, Denizli Province; Theatre of Knidos, Datça Peninsula ...
Ephesus Odeon, Turkey. 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]
Theatre at Apollonia Apollonia: Pojani Albania 51.5 metres (169 ft) Entry in ... Ephesus: Selçuk, İzmir: Turkey 140 metres (460 ft) pre ...
Façade of the Library of Celsus at sunset. The Library of Celsus (Greek: Βιβλιοθήκη του Κέλσου) is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, Anatolia, today located near the modern town of Selçuk, in the İzmir Province of western Turkey.
The walls of Lysimachus crossed the summit of this hill, and the acropolis occupied the top of Pagus. Between the two the road from Ephesus entered the city by the Ephesian gate, near which was a gymnasium. Closer to the acropolis the outline of the stadium is still visible, and the theatre was on Pagus's north slopes. Smyrna possessed two ...
In February 1866, while excavating in the theatre of Ephesus, Wood found a Greek inscription, which mentioned various gold and silver statuettes, which, on regular occasions, were carried from the temple, through the Magnesian gate, to the theatre. He reasoned that at the Magnesian gate, there would be found a paved road leading to the temple.
Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows technical terminology, classification into genres, and many of its themes, stock characters, and plot elements.