EPIDAVROS
The monument retains the characteristic structure of a Hellenistic theatre that has an auditorium, orchestra and staging building. The theatre's staging building was constructed in two phases: the first is placed at the end of the 4th century BCE and the second in the middle of the 2nd century BCE. The auditorium is divided vertically into two unequal parts, the lower hollow or theatre and the upper theatre or epitheatre. The design of the auditorium is unique and based on three marking centres. Due to this special design, the architects achieved both optimal acoustics and an opening for better viewing.
The circular orchestra, with a diameter of 20 m, constitutes the centre of the theatre. In the centre is a circular stone plate, the base of the altar or thymeli.
Opposite the auditorium and behind the orchestra develops the stage building of the theatre. The format of the scene is dated up to the Hellenistic period and consisted of a two-storey stage building and a proscenium in front of the stage. East and west of the two backstages there were two small rectangular rooms for the needs of the performers. Two ramps lead to the roof of the proscenium, the logeion, where the actors later played. Finally, the theatre had two gates, which are now restored.
The monument retains the characteristic structure of a Hellenistic theatre that has an auditorium, orchestra and staging building. The theatre's staging building was constructed in two phases: the first is placed at the end of the 4th century BCE and the second in the middle of the 2nd century BCE. The auditorium is divided vertically into two unequal parts, the lower hollow or theatre and the upper theatre or epitheatre. The design of the auditorium is unique and based on three marking centres. Due to this special design, the architects achieved both optimal acoustics and an opening for better viewing.
The circular orchestra, with a diameter of 20 m, constitutes the centre of the theatre. In the centre is a circular stone plate, the base of the altar or thymeli.
Opposite the auditorium and behind the orchestra develops the stage building of the theatre. The format of the scene is dated up to the Hellenistic period and consisted of a two-storey stage building and a proscenium in front of the stage. East and west of the two backstages there were two small rectangular rooms for the needs of the performers. Two ramps lead to the roof of the proscenium, the logeion, where the actors later played. Finally, the theatre had two gates, which are now restored.