Greece: Pins on the map – Lesvos (Mitilene)

Lesvos is a very big and beautiful island where you have the opportunity to do and see many things. While I was looking for interesting information I found it difficult to make my choice between all those beauties. I chose only a few of the marvelous things I could share with you, so, after reading the article I would recommend you do your own search to find out more about Lesvos. You will love it!

By Katerina Alabasini

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Ancient Greek theaters part 1

The ancient Greek theater is a part of our past and present. The influence of the architecture of ancient theater in shaping today's theaters are evident in cinemas and other places of public assembly such as university auditoriums. So each day we live a little bit of our ancient heritage, whether we are in Greece or not.

The ancient theaters were everywhere, in every city and in every sanctuary, of a certain size, were used for religious rituals,music and poetry contests, plays, meetings of the municipality or parliament of the city-state, they where even used as the market, also known as “agora”. In fact, the theaters that existed in ancient Greece exceed in number those been found and maybe ever to be found. This is largely due to the way they where constructed during the Archaic period. They used to be built in natural hollows of the ground and formed with only minor interventions in space or transportation of soil. Unlike stone structures, these theaters are extremely difficult to identify in the archaeological excavations.

By Kate Alabasini
Translation: Sofia Drivas 
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The ancient theaters, architectural consisted of the orchestra, the square where the actors also known as “hypocrites” and the dance took place -in early periods of history- and the auditorium, where the sloping piece was, and last the seats of the spectators. In the 5^th century BC the composition of the theater added a scene which started as a single-story and was used as backstage. During the Early Hellenistic Period, the scene became two-storied, with the roof from the ground floor protruding below the first floor forming a balcony. From the 2nd century.