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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;
Pages in category "Ancient Greek theatre" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total. ... List of ancient Greek playwrights;
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.
Ancient Greek theatres in Greece (9 P) Pages in category "Ancient Greek theatres" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Pages in category "Ancient Greek theatres in Greece" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 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]).