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Greek Theater Description
(Local Name: Teatro Greco) In its original form, the Greek Theater (Teatro Greco) in Syracuse was built in the reign of Hiero I c. 470 B.C.; the master builder was named Demokopos. It was here that the tragedy "The Persians" by Aischylos was first performed in Sicily. There is also little doubt that the festival production "The Women of Aitne", which the same Attic tragedian wrote for Hiero I during his stay in Syracuse, was premièred here too. In addition it saw tragedies by Sophocles and Euripides and plays by the Sicilian comedy writer Epicharmos.

The theater was later changed. Its present form results from a reconstruction which - as is shown by a dedication inscribed on the wall of the diazoma - was
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