The theatre of ancient Lissos belongs to the Kallikratis Plan Municipality of Kandanos-Selino and is quite close to the Asklepieion of the ancient city. Presumably the performances held there formed part of the healing process. The monument has not yet been excavated, while it has been subjected to destructive interventions duringthe long use of the area for mixed farming. The monument presents the characteristic layout of cavea, orchestra and stage building, of which the parascenia are preserved to some height. N. Platon used the oneon the left as a house while excavating the Asklepieion of Lissos. The cavea of the theatre is delineated on the upper slope of the west side of the Lissos valley, but it has obviously been robbed of many stones. To the right of the cavea, an old stone building, whose expropriation is in its final stages, incorporates a sizeable part of the ancient structure. The small size of the monument, 23 m. in diameter, and its discernible layout make it reasonable to supposethat it is an odeion. The visible walls are built of rough stones pointed with the distinctive Roman mortar.
Archaeologist Stavroula Markoulaki
Theatre or Odeion of Lissos
Theatre or Odeion
There is a topographical plan of the surviving parts of the monument above ground (outline of the cavea, parascenia) and photographic documentation of the current situation.
Ν. Πλάτων, Ανασκαφή Ασκληπιείου, Κρητικά Χρονικά 11 (1957), 336-337. 12 (1958), 465-467. ΑΔ 16 (1960), χρον. 273.
I. Sanders, Roman Crete (1982), 172.
Στ. Μαρκουλάκη, ΑΔ 49 (1994), Β2, χρον., 727.
Lissos
The monument presents the characteristic layout of cavea, orchestra and stage building, of which the parascenia are preserved to a certain height. N. Platon used the one on the left as a house while excavating the Asklepieion of Lissos. To the right of the cavea, an old stone building, whose expropriation is in its final stages, incorporates a sizeable part of the ancient structure. The small size of the monument, 23 m. in diameter, and its discernible layout make it reasonable to supposethat it is an odeion. The visible walls are built of rough stones pointed with the distinctive Roman mortar. The monument is quite close to the Asklepieion and presumably the performances held there formed part of the healing process
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