A Place for Seeing, a Place for Thinking
type: Item
label: Een plaats om te kijken, een plaats om te denken @nl
label: Ort des Sehens, Ort des Denkens @de
label: Místo, kde se díváme, místo, kde přemýšlíme @cs
label: Un luogo per vedere, un luogo per pensare @it
label: Un lugar para ver, un lugar para pensar @es
label: En plats för att se, en plats för att tänka @sv
description: The theatre at Epidaurus
description: Het theater in Epidaurus @nl
description: Das Theater von Epidauros @de
description: Divadlo v Epidauru @cs
description: Il Teatro di Epidaurus @it
description: El teatro de Epidauro @es
description: Teatern i Epidaurus @sv
Canon story number: 5
Canon story code: E.01
time frame: Antiquity
Canon story topic: Architecture
Field: architecture
Link to internal Canonbase page: A_Place_for_Seeing_a_Place_for_Thinking
Link to internal Canonbase page: Een_plaats_om_te_kijken,_een_plaats_om_te_denken
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: The word ‘theatre’ comes from the Greek theatron, a place for contemplating, combining the sense of seeing and thinking. In classical Greece, theatres were places to contemplate a performance during the festivals that suspended the life of the city.
Canon story refers to: Theatre in Epidauros [Epidaurus]
Canon story refers to: Polykleitos