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Surroundings:

ruins of Megalopolis Arcadia PeloponnesemegalopolisTemple of DespoinaTemple of DespoinaBaths?Bath, 30m south of pin.  (37.38867, 22.02978)

Location:

  • Greece, Megalópoli
  • geo:37.410324,22.127199
  • Exact location

Class:

  • Theatre or amphitheatre
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=11565

Annotations

Theatre Megapolis according to Pausanias: For while the Roman theaters are far superior to those anywhere else in their splendor, and the Arcadian theater at Megalopolis is unequalled for size, what architect could seriously rival Polycleitus in symmetry and beauty? For it was Polycleitus who built both this theater and the circular building1. Theatre was built ca 370 BC by architect Poliktios and was used for theatrical performances as well as for political gatherings.

See:

  1. Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918

References

  1. Pausanias. II.27


Nearby

Stadion of Megalopolis

Stadion of Megalopolis

Megalopolis, Zeus Soter Temple

Precinct of Zeus Soter.


This object was added by René Voorburg on 2012-12-24. Last update by Elżbieta on 2017-10-02. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/11565 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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