Ανασκαφικές έρευνες στο θέατρο Φιλίππων
Part of : Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη ; Vol.13, No.1, 1999, pages 69-86
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69-86
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Excavations in the theatre at Philippi
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In 1546, the traveller Pierre Belon found the Philippi theatre virtually intact; while, according to Cousinery, in 1820 it was in such an advanced state of decay that by the mid-19th century the French archaeologist Perrot failed to recognise it. In 1921, the French Archaeological School began a systematic excavation of the monument under Daux. The excavation continued for the next 3 years under Charbonneaux and Chapoutier, and in 1927 under Collart. In the late '50s, the archaeological work was continued by the Superintendent of Antiquities, Dimitrios Lazaridis. The Directorate of Antiquities recommenced the excavations in 1974-6 in the second gallery (επιθέατρο), and they continued from 1984 to 1987 in the E parodos.In 1993, the Directorate of Antiquities, in association with the School of Architecture of the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, and funded initially by the European Commission’s 1994-6 Monuments and Sites programme and subsequently by the 2nd Community Support Framework, began a project involving excavations and conservation and restoration studies. The excavations carried out in 1994-9 made it possible to clarify the theatre’s construction phases. Of the theatre of the Late Classical and Hellenistic period there survive the retaining walls of the cavea and the parodoi, and part of the retaining wall and the ramp of the E parodos.In phase 1 of the Roman period (2nd cent. AD), a magnificant skene building was constructed, a second gallery (επιθέατρο) was added, and the cavea was extended over the parodoi, which were covered with vaulted structures. To this phase belong the displaced architectural members and the relief slabs on the front of the piers in the colonnade in the rear part of the skene building, on which was depicted the myth of Lykourgos, King of the Edones.Phase 2 (3rd cent. AD) converted the theatre into an arena. To this phase must belong the 2 strainer arches which transfer the thrust of the E retaining wall to the adjacent wall.In phase 3, the rear part of the skene building was converted into a workshop area by blocking up the openings of the stoa with mud walls. Between phases 3 and 4, the skene building was destroyed by a fire and despoliation of the theatre began soon afterwards.In phase 4, the skene building and the area SE of the theatre continued to accommodate workshops.Phase 5 consists of a few mud walls, probably dating to the Ottoman period, while to phase 6 belongs the stone-paved road of the Ottoman period which linked Kavala and Drama until the beginning of the 20th century.
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θέατρα, Φίλιπποι
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