Ancient_Greek_Architecture

Ancient Greek Architecture Ancient Greek Theater Architecture Many aspects of ancient Greek theaters have long been studied and debated. Much of the information about these theaters is based on speculation due to the fact that so little of them still exist today. This lack of remnants especially applies to the architecture of the early Greek Theaters. However, through archeological finds and years of studying the people, the plays, and the architecture of the time, we are able to make many conclusions about these early structures. Greek Theaters are classified into three categories: The early Athenian Theaters, Hellenistic Theaters, and Graeco-Roman Theaters. Like most new inventions or creations, the initial theaters built by the Athenians were very simple. In the fifth century B.C., it became popular to build theaters on the slope of a large hill, or an acropolis, the most famous, being in Athens. These early theaters could be divided into three parts. The theater consisted of the theatron (or auditorium), the orchestra, and the skene (or scene building) (Betancourt). The Greeks would eventually perfect a technique that would fit as many spectators into the theatron as possible. At first the spectators sat on the ground until wooden bleachers were installed. After it theater, orchestra, theaters, skene, century, stage, built, greek, bc, fifth, became, stone, place, new, about, very, seats, one, nicoll, however, fourth, audience, actors, theatron, seating, scholars, out, machines, hellenistic, first, early, dionysus, columns, circular, architecture, , thus, three, roman, plays, permanent, performances, paraskenia, paradoi, often, mechane, level, large, feet, due, decorated