Antalya

Termessos Theatre overlooks the valley extending towards Antalya. Most of the cavea nestles into the slope while the extremities at both edges lean on meticulously constructed support walls. The holes carved into the stone benches of the southeast facing theatre, which were to hold the wooden uprights over which canvas was stretched to provide shade, remain intact. The dolphin relief, also clearly visible in the theatres of Aspendos and Demre, decorates the edges of the honorary seats. The theatre is composed of two echelons and most of it remains intact. The first echelon has 19 rows of benches and seven radial walkways. The second echelon has nine rows of benches and thirteen radial walkways. The radius of the orchestra circle is 30 feet. We can understand that this theatre dates from the early period due to the characteristic sweep of more than 180 degrees of the rows of benches. However, the theatre was enlarged during the Roman period when the entrance was covered and rows of seating were extended on top of the direct entrance to the stage from the right hand side. As in the ruins of Aigai Theatre, an entrance with three sets of vaults increasing in size was built in order to maintain the thirty-degree inclination. The doors of the stage edifice and some sections of its walls have remained intact to date.

The capacity of the theatre is approximately 4,300 people.