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This is a list of ancient Greek theatres by location.


Attica and Athens

* Theatre of Dionysus,
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* Theatre of Thorikos, East Attica * Odeon of Athens, Athens * Theatre of Zea,
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, Athens * Theatre of Aegina,
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* Theatre of Oropos, Oropos, East Attica * Theatre of Rhamnous, East Attica


Continental Greece and Euboea

* Theatre of Chaeronea,
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* Theatre of Orchomenos, Orchomenus (Boeotia) * Theatre of Delphi,
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* Theatre of Stratos,
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* Theatre of Oiniades, Aetolia-Acarnania * Theatre of Eretria, Euboea * Theatre of Thebes, Thebes


Thessaly and Epirus

* First Ancient Theatre, Larissa * Second Ancient Theatre, Larissa * Theatre of Dodona,
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*Theatre of Ambracia, Arta *Theatre of Omolion, Larissa *Theatre of Demetrias,
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*Theatre of Cassope,
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*Theatre of Gitanae, Thesprotia * Theatre of Apollonia, in Illyria * Theatre of Bouthrotos (modern Butrinti) * Theatre of Byllis


Macedonia and Thrace

* Theatre of Dion, Pieria *Theatre of Mieza, Imathia *Theatre of Amphipolis, Serres *Theatre of Abdera, Xanthi * Theatre of Vergina ( Aigai), Imathia *Theatre of Olynthus,
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* Theatre of Philippi, Kavala *Theater of Thassos * Theatre of Maroneia, Rhodope * Theatre of Ohrid, Ohrid


Peloponnese

*Theatre of
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, Corinthia *Theatre of Argos,
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* Theatre of Epidaurus,
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* Theatre A' of Epidaurus, Argolis * Theatre B' of Epidaurus, Argolis *Theatre of
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, Arcadia * Theatre of Aigeira,
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*Theatre of Elis, Eleia * Theatre of Gytheion,
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* Theatre of Isthmia, Corinthia *Theatre of Mantineia, Arcadia * Theatre of Messene ( Ithome), Messenia *Theatre of Orchomenos, Arcadia * Theatre of Sicyon, Corinthia *Theatre of
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Aegean Islands

* Theatre of Delos,
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* Theatre of Milos, Cyclades * Theatre of Rhodes,
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* Theatre of Mytilene, Lesbos * Theatre of Hephaistia,
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* Theatre of Samothrace * Theatre of Thasos * Theatre of Thera, Cyclades * Odeon of Kos,
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Magna Graecia

* Theatre of Metapontum, Basilicata


Cyprus

*Theatre of Soli, Soli *Theatre of Salamis, Salamis *Theatre of Kourion, Kourion * Odeon Amphitheatre, Paphos


Sicily

* Theatre of Catania * Theatre of Segesta * Theatre of Syracuse * Theatre of Taormina * Theatre of Akrai


Asia Minor and Ionia (Turkey)

* Theatre of Aigai ( Aeolis), Manisa Province *Theatre of Alexandria Troas, Çanakkale Province * Theatre of Antiphellus,
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* Theatre of Aphrodisias, Geyre, Aydın Province * Theatre of Arycanda, Antalya Province * Theatre of Aspendos, Antalya Province * Theatre of Assos, Çanakkale Province * Theatre of Ephesus, İzmir Province * Theatre of Halicarnassus, Bodrum, Muğla Province * Theatre of Hierapolis, Denizli Province * Theatre of Knidos, Datça Peninsula, Muğla Province * Theatre of Cyme ( Aeolis), İzmir Province * Theatre of Laodicea, Denizli Province * Theatre of Letoon, Antalya Province * Theatre of Miletus, Aydın Province * Theatre of Myrina, İzmir Province * Theatre of Pergamon, İzmir Province *Theatre of Phocaea, İzmir Province *Theatre of Pinara, Muğla Province *Theatre of Pitane ( Aeolis), İzmir Province *Theatre of Priene, Aydın Province *Theatre of Sardis, Manisa Province *Theatre of Side, Antalya Province *Theatre of Termessos, Antalya Province *Theatre of Telmessus,
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, MuÄŸla Province *Theatre of
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, Çanakkale Province


See also

* Odeon * Ancient Greek architecture *
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* List of extant ancient Greek and Roman plays {{Athenian drama * *
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