It is possible that this theater, and the Roman Odeon, were known by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Evolving from a small archaic theater, at the base of a rocky slope in the ancient city's agora, to a monumental theater holding 20,000 spectators arranged on 83 rows a pride of Hadrian. (Lavy)Ĭonsidered one of the largest ancient Greek theaters, the theater at Argos has a very long history. The cavea doesn't show evidence of renovation so it can be assumed that they remain original. The Romans constructed a proskenion that covered part of the orchestra with a hyposkenion below it. Containing one of only two examples of a circular orchestra, the other is at Epidauros. It was around this time that the smaller of the theaters was converted to an odeon, and the Hellenistic theater became Greco-Roman. A high wall was erected to prevent unauthorized access into the theatron and may have helped the acoustics, but it is said the sound quality is still very good today.Īround 120 CE, both theaters were renovated in the Roman style. Staircases further divide the cavea into four cunei, corresponding to the tribes of Argos.(Psychogiou) British archaeologist Richard Allan Tomlinson describes the positions of the steps as not conforming to any regular plan, and the blocks are consequently of varying sizes. Among the largest theaters in Greece, it held about 20,000 spectators and is divided by two landings into three horizontal sections. The Hellenistic theater at Argos is cut into the hillside of the Larisa, with 90 steps up a steep incline, forming a narrow rectilinear cavea.
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