Carole Raddato

Detail of the interior of an Attic red-figure kylix. Oedipus appears to be contemplating the Sphinx's riddle. Excavated in Vulci.

Its recognizable dimensions reach a maximum of 85 x 55 m, and only part of the cavea is conserved; the orchestra and the skene have been lost. Its plan must have been Hellenistic but has been repeatedly modified (Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, "Nicaea").

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The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis, Greece. Photo by Carole Raddato via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0.