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Contributions to Proceedings:

G. Styhler-Aydin:
"The Hellenistic Theatre of Ephesus. Results of a Recent Architectural Investigation of the Koilon";
in: "The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre. Acts of an International Conference at the Danish Institute at Athens 27-30 January 2012", Monographs of the Danish Institute, no. 17; R. Frederiksen, E. Gebhard, A. Sokolicek (ed.); Aarhus University Press and The Danish Institute at Athens 2015, Aarhus, 2015, ISBN: 978-87-7124-380-2, 419 - 431.



English abstract:
The Theatre of Ephesus ranks among the largest preserved ancient theatre monuments. Although the building initially became the subject of academic research almost 100 years ago with Forschungen in Ephesos II, dating from 1912, its architectural substance remains largely uninvestigated. Answers to key questions are still missing, concerning, for example, the shape and size of the koilon of the Hellenistic theatre and the manner in which Roman architecture actually adapts the "Greek theatre". Beside historic damages to the building and the poor preservation state of the marble revetment that is almost completely missing, much has changed due to the restoration programmes of the 20th century. The building is today almost entirely exposed, a situation which provides good conditions for research into the construction history of various phases of theatres in general. In the context of a cooperative project with the Institute for Studies of Ancient Culture at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Austrian Archaeological Institute, in the years 2003 until 2011, the
Department of History of Architecture and Building Archaeology at the TU Wien, has been carrying out an investigation into the building history of the theatre´s auditorium. One of the main results of the current investigation of the auditorium has been that the original construction of the Hellenistic koilon has become more comprehensible, as has its subsequent adaptations in the Roman period. The project has also generated detailed information on construction techniques and materials.

Keywords:
Ancient Theatres, Ephesus, Building Archaeology

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