Ancient Theatre in Tauric Chersonesus
Journal: Cambridge University Press eBooks
Year: 2019

Tauric Chersonesus is a Greek city in south-west Crimea, founded in the middle or the third quarter of the fifth century BC by colonists from Heraclea Pontica, which in turn was a colony of Megara. It is the only Greek city in the north Black Sea littoral where performances of ancient drama can be now freely watched by the modern public (Fig. 7.1). The other Greek cities also had theatres, though they have still not been discovered. We hear about a theatre in the Bosporan kingdom, presumably in