Abstract The location of the so-called “small” Roman theatre of Gortyna (Crete), precisely at the back of the temple dedicated to Apollo Pythios, suggests a clear correlation of this monument with religious rituals. We may suppose that the theatre was used in particular during the Ludi Apollinares (Pythia), namely games and a festival dedicated to the God Apollo (held for the first time in Rome in 212 BC) or during the iso-Olympic agones as witnessed by the epigraphic sources of the imperial age. However, we have to consider also the possibility that the “small” theatre of Gortyna could have housed civic ceremonies or other activities related to the life of the Koinon ton Kreton, the federal assembly of all the Cretan cities which had its seat during the imperial times right in the space of the sanctuary. This paper aims to verify the typology of performances and activities that could take place in the theatre of the Pythion (namely if it was more suitable for music or speech) through virtual acoustics analysis. The study of the acoustics’ quality has provided significant support to formulate hypotheses about the primary function of the theatre of the Pythion at Gortyna.

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在克利特岛戈尔蒂纳，在Pythion剧院的表演。虚拟声学分析作为解释的支持

摘要所谓的“小”罗马歌剧院（Gortyna（Crete））的位置正好在阿波罗焦硫磺（Apollo Pythios）神殿的后方，表明该纪念碑与宗教仪式之间有着明显的联系。我们可以假设剧院特别是在卢迪·阿波林纳雷斯（Pythia）期间使用的，即游戏和献给阿波罗神的节日（公元前212年在罗马首次举行）或等奥林匹亚式的悲剧见证，帝国时代的人口统计学来源。但是，我们还必须考虑戈尔蒂纳（Gortyna）“小剧院”可能举行与科宁顿克雷顿（Koinon ton Kreton）生活有关的公民仪式或其他活动的可能性，科尼顿顿克雷顿是克里特岛所有城市的联邦议会，在帝国时期就座时间在庇护所的空间。本文旨在通过虚拟声学分析来验证可在Pythion剧院中进行的表演和活动的类型（即，是否更适合音乐或语音）。对声学质量的研究为拟定关于在Gortyna的Pythion剧院的主要功能的假设提供了重要的支持。