Evolution of Greek Theatre Architecture (6th–2nd centuries BCE)

1. Wooden hillside theatres emerge in Attica

   Jan 1, 600 BCELabels: Attica, wooden theatre, theatron

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   • Thorikos

2. Thoricus theatre shows early non-semicircular plan

   Jan 1, 525 BCELabels: Thoricus, elongated cavea

   • Thorikos
   • WHE

3. Athenian drama pushes need for clearer staging

   Jan 1, 468 BCELabels: Athenian drama, Sophocles

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   • Infoplease

4. Skene appears as a wooden scene-building

   Jan 1, 465 BCELabels: skene, wooden skene

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   • WHE

5. Stone replaces wood in late Classical theatres

   Jan 1, 400 BCELabels: stone skene, late Classical

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   • WHE

6. Lycurgus rebuilds Theatre of Dionysus in stone

   Jan 1, 338 BCELabels: Lycurgus, Theatre of

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   • Athens24

7. Epidaurus theatre exemplifies refined hillside design

   Jan 1, 330 BCELabels: Epidaurus, Asklepios sanctuary

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   • Epidaurus

8. Hellenistic theatres develop raised stages

   Jan 1, 300 BCELabels: Hellenistic theatre, proskenion

   • Dionysus
   • ATA

9. Priene theatre shows mature proskenion and skene

   Jan 1, 300 BCELabels: Priene, proskenion and

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   • ATA

10. Pergamon theatre highlights extreme hillside engineering

    Jan 1, 200 BCELabels: Pergamon, steep cavea

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    • Madain

11. Greek theatre architecture reaches a late Hellenistic endpoint

    Jan 1, 200 BCELabels: late Hellenistic, stone cavea

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    • Dionysus

12. Sulla’s siege damages Athens’ theatre precinct

    Mar 1, 86 BCELabels: Sulla, Athens

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    • Siege