List of ancient Greek theatres

Ancient Greek theatre in Delos

This is a list of ancient Greek theatres by location.

Attica and Athens

• Theatre of Dionysus, Athens
• Theatre of Thorikos, East Attica
• Odeon of Athens, Athens
• Theatre of Zea, Piraeus, Athens
• Theatre of Aegina, Attica
• Theatre of Oropos, Oropos, East Attica
• Theatre of Rhamnous, East Attica

Continental Greece and Euboea

• Theatre of Chaeronea, Boeotia
• Theatre of Orchomenos, Orchomenus (Boeotia)
• Theatre of Delphi, Delphi
• Theatre of Stratos, Aetolia-Acarnania
• Theatre of Oiniades, Aetolia-Acarnania
• Theatre of Eretria, Euboea
• Theatre of Thebes, Thebes

Thessaly and Epirus

• First Ancient Theatre, Larissa
• Second Ancient Theatre, Larissa
• Theatre of Dodona, Ioannina
• Theatre of Ambracia, Arta
• Theatre of Omolion, Larissa
• Theatre of Demetrias, Volos
• Theatre of Cassope, Preveza
• Theatre of Gitanae, Thesprotia
• Theatre of Apollonia, in Illyria
• Theatre of Bouthrotos (modern Butrinti)
• Theatre of Byllis

Macedonia and Thrace

• Theatre of Dion, Pieria
• Theatre of Mieza, Imathia
• Theatre of Amphipolis, Serres
• Theatre of Abdera, Xanthi
• Theatre of Vergina (Aigai), Imathia
• Theatre of Olynthus, Chalcidice
• Theatre of Philippi, Kavala
• Theater of Thassos
• Theatre of Maroneia, Rhodope
• Theatre of Ohrid, Ohrid

Peloponnese

The ancient theatre of Sikyon

• Theatre of Corinth, Corinthia
• Theatre of Argos, Argolis
• Theatre of Epidaurus, Epidaurus
• Theatre A' of Epidaurus, Argolis
• Theatre B' of Epidaurus, Argolis
• Theatre of Megalopolis, Arcadia
• Theatre of Aigeira, Achaea
• Theatre of Elis, Eleia
• Theatre of Gytheion, Laconia
• Theatre of Isthmia, Corinthia
• Theatre of Mantineia, Arcadia
• Theatre of Messene (Ithome), Messenia
• Theatre of Orchomenos, Arcadia
• Theatre of Sicyon, Corinthia
• Theatre of Sparta, Laconia

Aegean Islands

The ancient theater of Hephaistia

• Theatre of Aptera, Crete
• Theatre of Delos, Cyclades
• Theatre of Milos, Cyclades
• Theatre of Rhodes, Dodecanese
• Theatre of Mytilene, Lesbos
• Theatre of Hephaistia, Lemnos
• Theatre of Samothrace
• Theatre of Thasos
• Theatre of Thera, Cyclades
• Odeon of Kos, Dodecanese

Magna Graecia

• Theatre of Metapontum, Basilicata

Cyprus

• Theatre of Soli, Soli
• Theatre of Salamis, Salamis
• Theatre of Kourion, Kourion
• Odeon Amphitheatre, Paphos

Sicily

Remains discovered

Name	Date	Ancient town	Cavea diameter (metres)	Coordinates	Image
Theatre of Agira	c. 4th century BC	Agyrion (Ἀγύριον)	around 90	37°39′15″N 14°31′23″E
Theatre of Akragas	End of the 3rd century BC	Akragas (Ἀκράγας)	100	37°17′46″N 13°35′27″E
Theatre of Akrai	2nd century BC	Akrai (Ἄκραι)	37.5	37°03′27″N 14°53′41″E
Theatre of Catania	End of the 5th century BC (as Alcibiades held a consultation there during the Athenian Expedition to Sicily	Katane (Κατάνη)	98 (after being rebuilt by the Romans)	37°30′10″N 15°05′01″E
Theatre of Helorus	4th-3rd centuries BC	Eloro (Έλωρος)		36°50′28″N 15°06′20″E
Theatre of Heraclea Minoa	End of the 4th century BC - start of the 3rd century BC	Heraclea Minoa (Ἡράκλεια Μινῴα)	50.6	37°23′40″N 13°16′50″E
Theatre of Halaesa	2nd century BC	Halaesa (Ἄλαισα)	77	37°59′59″N 14°15′43″E
Theatre of Hippana	350-300 BC (destroyed 258 BC)	Hippana (Ἱππάνα)	52	37°42′08″N 13°26′14″E
Theatre of Monte Jato	4th century BC	Iaitas (Ἰεταί)	67.9	37°58′03″N 13°11′52″E
Theatre of Morgantina	350-325 BC	Morgantina (Μοργάντιον)	57.5	37°25′48″N 14°28′45″E
Theatre of Segesta	Mid 4th century BC or 2nd century BC	Segesta (Ἕγεστα)	63	37°56′28″N 12°50′38″E
Archaic Theatre of Syracuse	5th century BC	Syracusae (Συράκουσαι)		37°04′31″N 15°16′25″E
Theatre of Syracuse	3rd century BC	Syracusae (Συράκουσαι)	138	37°04′34″N 15°16′30″E
Theatre of Soluntum	4th century BC	Solus (Σολοῦς)	46.6	38°05′39″N 13°31′55″E
Ancient theatre of Taormina	3rd century BC	Tauromenion (Ταυρομένιον)	109 (after Roman rebuilding)	37°51′09″N 15°17′32″E
Greek theatre of Tindari	End of the 4th century BC	Tyndaris (Τυνδαρίς)	76	38°08′37″N 15°02′32″E

Attested but undiscovered

Three more are mentioned in literary sources but have not been found archaeologically:

Name	Date	Province	Town	Ancient city	Sources
Theatre of Enna	3rd century BC	Enna	Enna	Henna (Ἔννα)	Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica, XXXIV,11-14; Livy, Ab Urbe condita libri, XXIV,39; Polyaenus, Stratagems, VIII,21.
Theatre of Kaukana		Ragusa	Santa Croce Camerina	Kaukana (Καυκάνα)	Claudius Ptolemaeus, Geography, III,4.7; Procopius, Histories of the Wars - Vandal War, I,14; Tommaso Fazello, Julius Schubring.
Greek theatre of Messina	4th century BC	Messina	Messina	Messena (Μεσσήνη)

Asia Minor and Ionia (Turkey)

• Theatre of Aigai (Aeolis), Manisa Province
• Theatre of Alexandria Troas, Çanakkale Province
• Theatre of Antiphellus, Kaş, Antalya Province
• Theatre of Aphrodisias, Geyre, Aydın Province
• Theatre of Arycanda, Antalya Province
• Theatre of Aspendos, Antalya Province
• Theatre of Assos, Çanakkale Province
• Theatre of Ephesus, İzmir Province
• Theatre of Halicarnassus, Bodrum, Muğla Province
• Theatre of Hierapolis, Denizli Province
• Theatre of Knidos, Datça Peninsula, Muğla Province
• Theatre of Cyme (Aeolis), İzmir Province
• Theatre of Laodicea, Denizli Province
• Theatre of Letoon, Antalya Province
• Theatre of Miletus, Aydın Province
• Theatre of Myrina, İzmir Province
• Theatre of Pergamon, İzmir Province
• Theatre of Phocaea, İzmir Province
• Theatre of Pinara, Muğla Province
• Theatre of Pitane (Aeolis), İzmir Province
• Theatre of Priene, Aydın Province
• Theatre of Sardis, Manisa Province
• Theatre of Side, Antalya Province
• Theatre of Termessos, Antalya Province
• Theatre of Telmessus, Fethiye, Muğla Province
• Theatre of Troy, Çanakkale Province

See also

• Odeon
• Amphitheatre
• Ancient Greek architecture
• Theatre of ancient Greece
• List of extant ancient Greek and Roman plays