This theatre was discovered between 1887 and 1891 by the American Academy of Classical Studies by the ancient town of Sikyon, in the north east of the Peloponnese. It is situated on the hill of the acropolis. The theatre is perhaps the largest in Greece, the orchestra having a diameter of 20m and a concave of 125m in length. It dates from the end of 4th century BC to the early 3rd century BC. The site has a view over the Corinthian gulf, and is but a short distance from the sea. The site is suffering from erosion.
Wikimapia - Sikyona
Excavations by the American School at the Theatre of Sikyon. I. General Report of the Excavations
W. J. McMurtry
The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep., 1889), pp. 267-286
Published by: Archaeological Institute of America
Article DOI: 10.2307/496313
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/496313
Excavations by the American School at the Theatre of Sikyon. II. Supplementary Report of the Excavations
The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep., 1889), pp. 286-292
Published by: Archaeological Institute of America
Article DOI: 10.2307/496314
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/496314
Excavations by the American School at the Theatre of Sikyon. III. A Sikyonian Statue
Mortimer Lamson Earle
The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep., 1889), pp. 292-303
Published by: Archaeological Institute of America
Article DOI: 10.2307/496315
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/496315
Mortimer Lamson Earle
http://www.jstor.org/stable/496095
Theatrum DE SIKYON
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