Theater at Epidauros

Theater at Epidauros

340-330 BCE

1836

Polykleitos

Ancient Greek

Single Built Works

Greece (nation)

Epídhavros (deserted settlement)

Classical

amphitheaters (built works)

proscenia

View of the theater at Epidauros in Greece, from the proscenium passage. "On the slope of the hill lies the limestone cavea, laterally supported by poros stone walls. It was built in two phases. Initially there was only the lower tier, with an 8,000 seat capacity, while the upper part, the epitheatro, was added in the mid-second century BC, increasing the theatre's capacity to 13,000-14,000 seats ... The cavea was surrounded by a corridor and a protective wall of poros stone, pierced by a central entrance. Monumental two-door propyla (entrance doors) at the parodoi (passageways) led to the proscenium (front of scene) through an ascending ramp,"--by Olga Psychogiou, Odysseys, Greek Ministry of Culture & Sports.

masonry (building materials)

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