The Greco-Roman Theatre at Sicyon, Greece
---Location:
- Sicyon (Sikyon), near modern village of Kiato, Perfecture: Korinthia, Region: Peloponissos
Theatre Type:
Hellenistic Theatre (Roman Renovations)
Date of Construction:
303 - 251 BC (Greek)
Renovation Dates:
- Roman Scene Building - 1st c. BC or early Imperial
- Roman stage - late Roman
Excavations:
1886 - 1891: American School of Cl. Studies, 1920, 1984: Archaeological Society of Athens
Dimensions:
- Seating: 122w x 58 meters - 400w x 192 feet
- Orchestra: Diameter 24.3 meterss - 79.7 feet
- Skene: 24.5w x 12.11 meters - 80.3 x 40
Seating Capacity:
40 to 60 rows (estimate)
Architectural Drawings:
- The Theatre: The Hellenistic theatre at Sicyon (modern name Vassiliko) was built between 303 and 251 BC and was altered at least twice by the Romans; the scene building was expanded in the 1st century and the stage was altered in the late Roman period (Sears 405). With a seating area estimated at 122 meters wide and 58 meters deep, it is one of the larger theatres in the Peloponnesus. The present day ruins at Sicyon are but a faint reminder of the Romanized theatre Pausinias visited in the second century CE. "On the stage of the theater built under the citadel is a statue of a man with a shield, who they say is Aratus, the son of Cleinias. After the theater is a temple of Dionysus" (Pausanias 2.7.5). -More....
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