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[German version] [1] Greece's longest, most voluminous river (Ἀχελῷος; Achelôios). Greece's longest, most voluminous river, in the territory of the Aitoli and the Acarnanes; original name Thoas, from the Middle Ages Aspropotamos, today again Acheloos; sources in the territory of the Dolopes (Thuc. 2,102,2) near Mount Lacmon in the Pindus; fed there by five tributaries; today greatly transformed by dams. Coming from the territories of the Agraei and the Amphilochi (Str. 10,2,1), its bed widened (nowadays …

[German version] (σκηνή/ skēnḗ; Latin scaena) means a tent (Eur. Hec. 1289), or an awning on a vehicle (Xen. Cyr. 6,4,11). The term was particularly used in ancient architecture for the stage building of a theatre (e.g. IG II2, 161 A 115; cf. also Vitr. De arch. 5,6,1 et passim; also [1]). The earliest stone skene was that of the Dionysus Theatre in Athens (Athens, with plan of the Acropolis), which was dedicated by Lycurgus [9] in about 330 BC. It was a paraskenion-skene with wings projecting beside the lower stage ( paraskḗnia). In about 300 BC a second type of Greek skene, the prosk…

[German version] I. Concept Greek θέατρον ( théatron: 'Place where one looks'); Lat. theatrum. The Greek word can denote any arrangement of rows of seats or raised stands ( íkria) as a gathering place for festive, cultic or athletic events, as in Sparta for the Gymnopaidia festival in 491 BC (Hdt. 6,67,3), in the sanctuary of Olympia (Xen. Hell. 7,4,31) or the altar steps in the Amphiareion of Oropus (IG VII 4255,29 f.). The stands for the games in honour of Patroclus [1] depicted by the vase painter Sophilus ( c. 570 BC) may be seen as a theatre as well [1]. As a technical term in …

[German version] (ᾠδεῖον/ ōideîon, Latin odeum). A space for reciting songs and poetry. Pericles had a rectangular colonnaded hall built on the southern slope of the Acropolis in Athens (Plut. Pericles 13,5f.; Paus. 1,20,4; connected by Vitr. 5,9,1 with Themistocles), which was called ōideîon. Its form was said to have been modelled on Xerxes' tent and was used for the musical agones in the Panathenaea. After its destruction in 87 BC, it was rebuilt by Ariobarzanes Philopator of Cappadocia (65-52 BC). Only partly excavated; details of the reconstruction a…

[English version] [1] Längster, wasserreichster Fluß Griechenlands (Ἀχελῷος). Längster, wasserreichster Fluß Griechenlands im Gebiet der Aitoloi und Akarnaneis, urspr. Name Thoas, seit dem MA Aspropotamos, h. wieder A. Quellen im Territorium der Dolopes (Thuk. 2,102,2) beim Berg Lakmon im Pindos, dort von fünf Zuflüssen gespeist, durch Staustufen h. stark umgestaltet. Vom Gebiet der Agraioi und Amphilochoi (Strab. 10,2,1) kommend, trat er bei Stratos (Furt, Thuk. 3,106,1) mit breitem Bett (h. kanalisie…

[English version] (ᾠδεῖον/ ōideíon, lat. odeum). Raum für Gesangsvorträge und Dichterlesungen. Perikles ließ am Südabhang der Akropolis in Athen einen rechteckigen Säulensaal errichten (Plut. Perikles 13,5f.; Paus. 1,20,4; von Vitr. 5,9,1 mit Themistokles verbunden), der o. genannt wurde. Er soll sich in der Form an das Zelt des Xerxes angelehnt haben und diente für die musischen Agone bei den Panathenäen; nach Zerstörung 87 v.Chr. neu aufgebaut durch Ariobarzanes Philopator von Kappadokien (65-52 v. Chr). Nur zum kleineren Teil …