The architecture of the ancient Greek theatre : acts of an international conference at the Danish Institute at Athens 27-30 January 2012 /
edited by Rune Frederiksen, Elizabeth R. Gebhard and Alexander Sokolicek.
- Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (468 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans.
- Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens, volume 17 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Study on Greek theatres -- -- history and prospects / The wooden theatre of Dionysos Eleuthereus in Athens -- -- old issues, new research / Early Greek theatre architecture -- -- monumentalised Koila before and after the invention of the semicircular design / Form and function of the earliest Greek theatres / The sunken orchestra -- -- its effects on Greek theatre design / The Greek vocabulary of theatrical architecture / New studies of the theatre at Iasos -- -- 50 years since the first excavation / New investigations in the Ephesian theatre -- -- the Hellenistic skene / Building the early Hellenistic theatre at Sikyon / The theatre of Dodona -- -- new observations on the architecture of the Cavea / The Hellenistic theatre at Corinth -- -- new implications from recent excavations / The theatre at Messene -- -- building phases and masons' marks / The Hellenistic theatre in the sanctuary of Hemithea at Kastabos (Asia minor) -- -- new evidence and reconstruction / The ancient theatre at Maroneia / Old and new observations from the theare at Aigeira / The 'south building' in the main urban sanctuary of Selinunte -- -- a theatral structure? / The theatre at Halikarnassos -- -- and some throughts on the origin of the semicircular Greek theatre -- With an appendix "the inscriptions from the theatre at Halikarnassos." / The Hellenistic phases of the theatre at Nea Paphos Cyprus -- -- the evidence from the Australian excavations / The architecture of the Greek theatre of Apollonia in Illyria (Albania) and its transformation in Roman times / Boeotian theatres -- -- an overview of the regional architecture / Architecture and romanization -- -- the transition to Roman forms in Greek theatres of the Augustan age / Was Dörpfeld right? -- -- Some observations on the development of the raised stage in Asia minor / The Carian theatre at Aphrodisias -- -- a hybrid building / 'Traditional' elements in the Roman redesign of the Hellenistic theatre in Patara, Turkey / The Hellenistic theatre af Ephesus -- -- results of a recent architectural investigation of the Koilon / Traditional Hellenistic elements in the architecture of ancient theatres in Roman Asia minor / Hans Peter Isler -- Christina Papastamati-Von Moock -- Rune Frederiksen -- Alexander Sokolicek -- Elizabeth R. Gebhard -- Jean-Charles Moretti and Christine Mauduit -- Fede Berti, Nicolò Masturzo, with the participation of Manuela Vittori -- Martin Hofbauer -- Chris Hayward and Yannis Lolos -- Georgios P. Antoniou -- David Scahill -- Petros Thenelis with a contribution on the mason marks by Kleanthis Sidiropoulos -- Christine Wilkening-Aumann -- Chryssa Karadima, Costas Zambas, Nikos Chatzidakis, Gerasimos Thomas and Eirini Doudoumi -- Walter Gauss, Rudolfine Smetana, Julia Dorner, Petra Eitinger, Asuman Lätzer-Lasar, Manuela Leibetseder and Maria Trapichler -- Clemente Marconi and David Scahill -- Poul Pedersen and Signe Isager -- John Richard Green, Craig Barker and Geoff Stennett -- Stefan Franz and Valentina Hinz -- Marco Germani -- Valentina di Napoli -- Arzu Oztürk -- Nathalie de Chaisemartin -- Katja Piesker -- Gudrun Styhler-Aydin -- Hans Peter Isler.
In this volume the leading experts on ancient Greek theatre architecture present new excavation results and new analyses of individual monuments. Many well-known theatres such as the one of Dionysos in Athens and others at, for instance, Messene, Sikyon, Chaironeia in Greece and Aphrodisias in Turkey, have been re-examined since their original publication with stunning results. New research also includes less well-known or newly discovered ancient Greek theatres in Albania, Turkey, Cyprus and Sicily. Further studies on the history of research, regional theatrical developments, terminology and function, as well as a perspective on Roman theatres built in Greek traditions make this volume a comprehensive book of new research for specialist scholars as well as for students and the interested public. Fundamental publications on the topic have not been presented for many years, and this book aims to form a new foundation for the study of theatre architecture.