Timeline for Theatres
Argos, Greece
)ca. 5th century BC
Archaic theatre at Argos - older and smaller of the two existing theatres at Argos, shows evidence of rectilinear seating
ca. 320 BC
Construction of Hellenistic theatre at Argos - larger of two existing theatres on the site
ca. 117 - 138
During reign of Hadrian, Archaic theatre converted to Roman Odeum and Hellenistic theatre remodeled - alterations to: seating, orchestra, canopy structure, scaenae frons
1892
First Excavation of Hellenistic Theatre at Argos by I. Kophiniotis
1902 - 1912
Excavations at Argos under C. Wilhelm Vollgraff, French School of Archaeology (Ecole Françoise d'Athenes)
1928 - 1932
Excavations at Argos under C. Wilhelm Vollgraff, (Ecole Françoise d'Athenes)
1952
Excavations at Argos under aegis of G. Daux and P. Courbin, (Ecole Françoise d'Athenes)
1954 - 1956
Excavations at Argos under aegis of J. Bingen and G. Roux, (Ecole Françoise d'Athenes)
1981 - 1982
- Excavations at Argos under aegis of by C. Abadie and J. Des Courtils, (Ecole Françoise d'Athenes)
1986 - 1989
Excavations at Argos under aegis of A. Pariente and J.-Ch. Moretti, (Ecole Francaise d'Athenes)
1993 - 1999
European Union Commission included the Argos theater site in its allocation of the Delors II budgetary package for Greece. According to the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, this money was earmarked for "consolidation and restoration of the Theatre"
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