aisle
Τhe part of the naos of a church set off by the internal rows of piers or columns, namely by the structures supporting the roof.
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cavea
Τhe auditorium or audience sitting of a theater.
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diazoma (lat. praecinctio)
The circular passage way between the lower and upper tiers of seats in an anient Greek theater.
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frieze (1. architecture), (2. painting)
1. The part of the entablature resting on the architrave and below the cornice. In the Doric order the frieze is decorated with two alternative motives, namely the triglyph and metope, while in the Ionic order the frieze is a decoratively carved band.2. Decorative horizontal band that sweeps parts of a vessel or the highest part of the walls in a room.
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greek type theatre
Theatre type developed in the Greek world during the Hellenistic period. It consists of three main parts which are not connected to each other: the cavea, the orchestra and the scene. The cavea is bigger than a semicircle, usually built on the slope of a hill and supported by retaining walls. The orchestra is circular or horse-shoe shaped and the scene is rectangular.
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kerkides (lat. cunei)
A wedge-shaped section of seats between two stepped passageways in an greek and roman theaters.
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orchestra
The performance space of the ancient Greek and Roman theatre, placed between the scene building and the cavea. It was usually semi-circular in shape and rarely circular.
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parodos
It was one of two side passageways in an ancient Greek theatre, between the scene and the cavea, through which the chorus and the actors entered the orchestra.
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proscenium (or proscaenium), the
The colonnade added in front of the skene of the ancient Greek theatre. There the intercolumnar spaces were usually closed by doors or painted panels.
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Roman-Asia Minor type of theatre, the
The edifice of the theatre as it was formed during the Roman period in Asia Minor. It was a merge of the Greek and the Roman type, with koilon larger than the semi-circle and monumental mutli-storeyed scene, which often adjoined to the curve of the tiers and clogged the whole construction.
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scene (lat. scaena -ae)
The stage building of the ancient theaters originally used for storage but provided a convenient backing for performances.
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tribunalium
A raised platform in a Roman Theatre where the magistrates sat; These seats of honor in theatre would normally be at the extreme sides of the cavea above the two side entrances to the orchestra.
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