proskēnion (English spelling)

Japanese: proskēnion(英語表記)proskenion
proskēnion (English spelling)

...theater was surrounded by a wooden structure (the origin of the word "theater"). By the Hellenistic period, a building that served as a dressing room, called a skēnē, was built on an artificial hill behind the orchestra, and a shallow space in front of the skēnē on the hill, called a proskēnion, was established as a place for actors to perform. A good example of the theater of this period is the remains of the theater at Epidaurus in Greece (4th century BC).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "proskēnion" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈劇場〉の語源)が取り囲むものであった。ヘレニズム期までには,オルケストラ背後の人工の高台にスケネskēnēと呼ばれる楽屋としての機能をもつ建物が造られ,その高台上のスケネ前の奥行きの浅い空間プロスケニオンproskēnionが俳優の演技の場として確立した。この時期の劇場のようすを知る好例はギリシアのエピダウロスの劇場の遺構(前4世紀)である。…

※「proskēnion」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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