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The Theater of Delphi: erected away from the main exhibition hall, linked by
an alleyway. (Roofed)Measurements: 20m long, 18m wide and 10m high.
The seats are erected on slopes, so the design of the seats will look like a
half-cup with extremely gentle slopes.
A: A specially- trained staff member will be the host and slightly entertain the
guest while the performance is about to begin. He will set up the Audio-Visual
equipment with the help of trained Audio-Visual Specialists.
Here is the schedule for performances on each day:
11a.m. - 12p.m. +: Greek History Documentaries:
These are the video documentaries that will be played via Windows Media
Player Playlist during this time:
What the Ancients did for us-- Greeks 1-7
Olympian gods of Ancient Greek Mythology
Ancient greek temples
2p.m. – 3p.m. +: Jason and the Argonauts.
5p.m. – 6p.m. +: Leonidas and The Three Hundred
(Actors will wear the basic, Ancient Greek play masks for their plays.)
B: Stone seats modelled after the simple benches in the Theater of Delphi
C: Sloping alley into the main stage.
D: Stage.
E: Gold-coloured door leading into the "Theater"
F: Cement tablet textured with granite to make it seem like Ancient Greek
stone tablets. It says "Το θέατρο των Δελφών" which means "The
Theater of Delphi" in Greek. Below the print, there is the English, small-print
translation of "The Theater of Delphi" so the viewers can understand what the
tablet means, yet they will get intrigued by the sign.
G: Wall is granite and cobblestone-textured for an ambience, and the room is
roofed with a ceiling that has a mural of a Greek marketplace.
H: Projector screen for showing the Greek documentaries.
Information on gold-coloured steel plates.
1:"The theater at Delphi is build further up the hill from the Temple of Apollo
and it presented the seated audience with a spectacular view of the entire
sanctuary below and the valley beyond. It was built in the 4th c. B.C. our of
local Parnassus limestone and was remodeled several times subsequently.
Its 35 rows can accommodate around five thousand spectators who in ancient
times enjoyed plays, poetry readings, and musical events during the various
festivals that took place periodically at Delphi. The lower tiers of seats were
built during the Hellenistic and Roman periods." (Sakoulas, 2011)
2:"Ancient Greek theatres took advantage of sloping hillsides for their terraced
seating. Because of drama's close connection with religion, theaters were
often located in or near sanctuaries. The theater pictured here, for example, is
set on the slopes of Mt. Parnassus above the famous temple of Apollo at
Delphi (home of the Delphic oracle that figures so prominently in the myth of
Oedipus). Similarly, the Theater of Dionysus in Athens was situated in the
sacred precinct of Dionysus at the foot of the Acropolis. See also the theater
on Apollo's sacred island of Delos. The theater in Epidaurus, discussed below,
was near the sanctuary of Asklepios, god of healing. Many of these theaters
were built in relatively open areas with lovely vistas, and the view from the
Delphi theater is truly breathtaking.
The core of any Greek theater is the orchestra, the “dancing place” of the
chorus and the chief performance space. Almost nothing remains from the
fifth-century structure of the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, but later theaters
suggest that the original orchestras were full circles; see, for example, this
aerial view of the theater at Epidaurus. This is the best-preserved of all extant
Greek theaters; the ancient plays are still being performed here, and this
computer animation will help you to recreate the experience. Although this
theater was built at the end of the fourth century BCE and rebuilt and enlarged
in the second century, it does enable us to visualize what the ancient theaters
must have been like. The orchestra is approximately 66 feet in diameter; this
photo shows the orchestra at Epidaurus with a modern set for a production of
Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound. An altar of Dionysus was usually located in
the center of the orchestra." (McManus, 1999)
Citations
McManus, B.F. (1999, October). Structure of the greek
theatre. Retrieved from http://www.ancient greece.org/auxiliary/about.html doi:
http://www2.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/tragedy_theater.html
Sakoulas, T. (2011). Delphi theater. Retrieved from
http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/delphi -theater.html