The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre

Rune Frederiksen (Edt.)

Description

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.

Sujets

• architectural history
• Architecture

Informations

• Publié par: Aarhus University Press
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 34
• EAN13: 9788771249965
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 45 Mo

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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.
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Acts of an International Conference at the
Danish Institute at Athens 27-30 January 2012Te Architecture
of the Ancient Greek Teatre
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
Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens, Volume 17Te Architecture of the Ancient Greek Teatre
© Aarhus University Press and Te Danish Institute at Athens 2015
Monographs of the Danish Institute, n17o.
Series editor: Rune Frederiksen
Editors: Rune Frederiksen, Elizabeth R. Gebhard and Alexander Sokolicek
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Cover illustration: Te theatre of Kalydon. Photo: Rune Frederiksen
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9 Preface
11 Introduction
15 Studies on Greek Teatres:
History and Prospects
HANS PETER ISLER
39 Te Wooden Teatre of Dionysos Eleuthereus in Athens:
Old Issues, New Research
CHRISTINA PAPA STAMATI-VON MOOCK
81 Early Greek Teatre Architecture:
Monumentalised Koila Before and Afer the Invention of the
Semicircular Design
RUNE FREDERIKSEN
97 Form and Function of the Earliest Greek Teatres
ALE XANDER SOKOLICEK
105 Te Sunken Orchestra:
Its Efects on Greek Teatre Design
ELIZ ABETH R . GEBHARD
119 Te Greek Vocabulary of Teatrical Architecture
JE AN- CHARLES MORETTI AND  CHRISTINE  MAUDUIT
131 New Studies of the Teatre at Iasos:
50 Years since the First Excavation
FEDE BERTI, NICOLÒ MA STUR ZO, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF
MANUEL A VITTORI
149 New Investigations in the Ephesian Teatre:
Te Hellenistic Skene
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161 Building the Early Hellenistic Teatre at Sikyon
CHRIS HAY WARD AND YANNIS LOLOS
177 Te Teatre of Dodona:
New Observations on the Architecture of the Cavea
GEORGIOS P. ANTONIOU
193 Te Hellenistic Teatre at Corinth:
New Implications fom Recent Excavations
DAVID SCAHILL
203 Te Teatre at Messene:
Building Phases and Masons’ Marks
PETROS THE MELIS WITH A CONTRIBU TION ON THE MA SON MARKS
BY KLE ANTHIS SIDIROPOULOS
233 Te Hellenistic Teatre in the Sanctuary of Hemithea at Kastabos
(Asia Minor):
New Evidence and Reconstruction
CHRISTINE WILKENING -AUMANN
253 Te Ancient Teatre at Maroneia
CHRYSSA KAR ADIMA , COSTA S Z AMBA S, NIKOS CHATZIDAKIS,
GER A SIMOS THOMA S AND EIRINI DOUDOUMI
267 Old and New Observations from the Teatre at Aigeira
WALTER G AUSS, RUDOLFINE SMETANA , JULIA  DORNER , PETR A
EITZINGER , A SUMAN  L ÄTZER-L A SAR , MANUEL A LEIBETSEDER AND
MARIA TR APICHLER
279 Te ‘South Building’ in the Main Urban Sanctuary of Selinunte:
A Teatral Structure?
CLE MENTE MARCONI AND DAVID SCAHILL
293 Te Teatre at Halikarnassos
– and Some Toughts on the Origin of the Semicircular Greek Teatre.
With an appendix “Te Inscriptions fom the Teatre at Halikarnassos”
POUL PEDER SEN AND SIGNE ISAGER
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319 Te Hellenistic Phases of the Teatre at Nea Paphos in Cyprus:
Te Evidence fom the Australian Excavations
JOH N RICHARD GREEN, CR AIG BARKER AND GEOFF STENNETT
335 Te Architecture of the Greek Teatre of Apollonia in Illyria (Albania)
and its Transformation in Roman Times
STEFAN FR ANZ AND VALENTINA HINZ
351 Boeotian Teatres: An Overview of the Regional Architecture
MARCO GER MANI
365 Architecture and Romanization:
Te Transition to Roman Forms in Greek Teatres of the Augustan Age
VALENTINA DI NAPOLI
381 Was Dörpfeld Right? Some Observations on the Development of the
Raised Stage in Asia Minor
AR ZU ÖZTÜRK
391 Te Carian Teatre at Aphrodisias:
A Hybrid Building
NATHALIE DE CHAISE MARTIN
403 ‘Traditional’ Elements in the Roman Redesign of the Hellenistic
Teatre in Patara, Turkey
KATJA PIESKER
419 Te Hellenistic Teatre of Ephesus:
Results of a Recent Architectural Investigation of the Koilon
GUDRUN ST YHLER-AYDIN
433 Traditional Hellenistic Elements in the Architecture of Ancient
Teatres in Roman Asia Minor
HANS PETER ISLER
448 Tematic bibliography
460 Index of names and places
463 Index of subjects
466 List of contributors 7
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Organizing a conference on the architecture of the a - nin fact a broad readership will take interest in this subject
cient Greek theatre, was the realization of an old ideain the y, ears to come.
actually going two decades back, to the time when the
organizers frst began communicating with each other Te conference and this publication were supported by
because of a common interest in the topic. A lot has been Te Austrian Archaeological Institute, Te Danish I - n
said and writen about the architecture of the ancient stitute at Athens and Te Humanities Division of the
Greek theatre and over the last years a number of si - g University of Chicago. We would like to thank Te Ame- ri
nifcant monographs and articles on individual theatres can School of Classical Studies at Athens for housing the
have issued, new fnds have been made, some published, introductory lecture and welcome reception on Friday
others not yet so. We clearly saw the need for a confe- r27 January, and Te Austrian Archaeological Institute at
ence, not on the ancient Greek theatre in a wide sense, Athens, for hosting a reception on the day afer, S -atur
but specifcally on its architecture, so that certain of the day 28 January 2012. Tanks are also due to the French
key issues could receive proper atention. and German Archaeological Institutes at Athens for their
Te response to our call for papers was substantial, and generous help with providing free accommodation for a
we were therefore able to put together a full high-qualitny umber of our speakers.
two-day programme. Te conference took place over two We would like to thank the staf of the Danish I- nsti
stimulating days 28-29 January 2012 in the auditorium of tute, which did a great job in making the logistics work,
the Danish Institute. Tis volume gives the conference in particular Miss Sine Riisager. Tanks are also due to
permanence, and we are very happy and proud of the fact Prof. Stella Drougou, of Te University of Tessaloniki,
that all the papers given at the conference were submited who sat in on the organization commitee with the editors
to be published in writen form. Te presentations were as well as Christina Papastamati-von Moock and Andreas
followed by lively discussion, much of which has been in- Kapetanios for guiding the conference participants in
corporated in the papers. A number of issues were and are the theatres of Dionysos in Athens and Torikos, and
rdstill being debated and the opinions expressed on such the 3 Eforate of Classical and Prehistoric Antiquities of
issues are not necessarily shared by the editors. Te papers Atica for permission to visit the ruins of the theatre at
will be of interest frst of all to colleagues preoccupied with Trakon