List of ancient Greek theatres

This is a list of ancient Greek theatres by location.

Attica and Athens Theatre of Dionysus, Athens Theatre of Thorikos, East Attica Odeon of Athens, Athens Theatre of Zea, Piraeus, Athens Theatre of Aegina, Attica Theatre of Oropos, Oropos, East Attica Theatre of Rhamnous, East Attica

Continental Greece and Euboea Theatre of Chaeronea, Boeotia Theatre of Orchomenos, Orchomenus (Boeotia) Theatre of Delphi, Delphi Theatre of Stratos, Aetolia-Acarnania Theatre of Oiniades, Aetolia-Acarnania Theatre of Eretria, Euboea Theatre of Thebes, Thebes

Thessaly and Epirus First Ancient Theatre, Larissa Second Ancient Theatre, Larissa Theatre of Dodona, Ioannina Theatre of Ambracia, Arta Theatre of Omolion, Larissa Theatre of Demetrias, Volos Theatre of Cassope, Preveza Theatre of Gitanae, Thesprotia Theatre of Apollonia, in Illyria Theatre of Bouthrotos (modern Butrinti) Theatre of Byllis

Macedonia and Thrace Theatre of Dion, Pieria Theatre of Mieza, Imathia Theatre of Amphipolis, Serres Theatre of Abdera, Xanthi Theatre of Vergina (Aigai), Imathia Theatre of Olynthus, Chalcidice Theatre of Philippi, Kavala Theater of Thassos Theatre of Maroneia, Rhodope Theatre of Ohrid, Ohrid

Peloponnese

Theatre of Corinth, Corinthia Theatre of Argos, Argolis Theatre of Epidaurus, Epidaurus Theatre A' of Epidaurus, Argolis Theatre B' of Epidaurus, Argolis Theatre of Megalopolis, Arcadia Theatre of Aigeira, Achaea Theatre of Elis, Eleia Theatre of Gytheion, Laconia Theatre of Isthmia, Corinthia Theatre of Mantineia, Arcadia Theatre of Messene (Ithome), Messenia Theatre of Orchomenos, Arcadia Theatre of Sicyon, Corinthia Theatre of Sparta, Laconia

Aegean Islands

Theatre of Aptera, Crete Theatre of Delos, Cyclades Theatre of Milos, Cyclades Theatre of Rhodes, Dodecanese Theatre of Mytilene, Lesbos Theatre of Hephaistia, Lemnos Theatre of Samothrace Theatre of Thasos Theatre of Thera, Cyclades Odeon of Kos, Dodecanese

Magna Graecia Theatre of Metapontum, Basilicata

Cyprus Theatre of Soli, Soli Theatre of Salamis, Salamis Theatre of Kourion, Kourion Odeon Amphitheatre, Paphos

Sicily Remains discovered Name Date Ancient town Cavea diameter (metres) Coordinates Image Theatre of Agira c. 4th century BC Agyrion (Ἀγύριον) around 90 Theatre of Akragas End of the 3rd century BC Akragas (Ἀκράγας) 100 Theatre of Akrai 2nd century BC Akrai (Ἄκραι) 37.5 Theatre of Catania End of the 5th century BC (as Alcibiades held a consultation there during the Athenian Expedition to SicilyThucidides, VI 50, 3 sgg.Sextus Iulius Frontinus, Strateg. III 2, 6. Katane (Κατάνη) 98 (after being rebuilt by the Romans) Theatre of Helorus 4th-3rd centuries BC Eloro (Έλωρος) Theatre of Heraclea Minoa End of the 4th century BC - start of the 3rd century BC Heraclea Minoa (Ἡράκλεια Μινῴα) 50.6 Theatre of Halaesa 2nd century BCIl teatro di Halaesa fa già parte del primo periodo romano di Sicilia; vedi: Halaesa (Ἄλαισα) 77 Theatre of Hippana 350-300 BC (destroyed 258 BC) Hippana (Ἱππάνα) 52 Theatre of Monte Jato 4th century BC Iaitas (Ἰεταί) 67.9 Theatre of Morgantina 350-325 BC Morgantina (Μοργάντιον) 57.5 Theatre of Segesta Mid 4th century BC or 2nd century BC Segesta (Ἕγεστα) 63 Archaic Theatre of Syracuse 5th century BC Syracusae (Συράκουσαι) Theatre of Syracuse 3rd century BC Syracusae (Συράκουσαι) 138 Theatre of Soluntum 4th century BC Solus (Σολοῦς) 46.6 Ancient theatre of Taormina 3rd century BC Tauromenion (Ταυρομένιον) 109 (after Roman rebuilding) Greek theatre of Tindari End of the 4th century BC Tyndaris (Τυνδαρίς) 76

Attested but undiscovered Three more are mentioned in literary sources but have not been found archaeologically: Name Date Province Town Ancient city Sources Theatre of Enna 3rd century BC Enna Enna Henna (Ἔννα) Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica, XXXIV,11-14;Livy, Ab Urbe condita libri, XXIV,39;Polyaenus, Stratagems, VIII,21. Theatre of Kaukana Ragusa Santa Croce Camerina Kaukana (Καυκάνα) Claudius Ptolemaeus, Geography, III,4.7L'opera cita la città di Kaukana, ma non il teatro.;Procopius, Histories of the Wars - Vandal War, I,14;Tommaso Fazello, Julius Schubring. Greek theatre of Messina 4th century BC Messina Messina Messena (Μεσσήνη)

Asia Minor and Ionia (Turkey) Theatre of Aigai (Aeolis), Manisa Province Theatre of Alexandria Troas, Çanakkale Province Theatre of Antiphellus, Kaş, Antalya Province Theatre of Aphrodisias, Geyre, Aydın Province Theatre of Arycanda, Antalya Province Theatre of Aspendos, Antalya Province Theatre of Assos, Çanakkale Province Theatre of Ephesus, İzmir Province Theatre of Halicarnassus, Bodrum, Muğla Province Theatre of Hierapolis, Denizli Province Theatre of Knidos, Datça Peninsula, Muğla Province Theatre of Cyme (Aeolis), İzmir Province Theatre of Laodicea, Denizli Province Theatre of Letoon, Antalya Province Theatre of Miletus, Aydın Province Theatre of Myrina, İzmir Province Theatre of Pergamon, İzmir Province Theatre of Phocaea, İzmir Province Theatre of Pinara, Muğla Province Theatre of Pitane (Aeolis), İzmir Province Theatre of Priene, Aydın Province Theatre of Sardis, Manisa Province Theatre of Side, Antalya Province Theatre of Termessos, Antalya Province Theatre of Telmessus, Fethiye, Muğla Province Theatre of Troy, Çanakkale Province

See also Odeon Amphitheatre Ancient Greek architecture Theatre of ancient Greece List of extant ancient Greek and Roman plays

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