periaktos

Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments

In an ancient Greek theatre, one of the two pieces of machinery placed on both sides of the stage for shifting scenes. Consisted of three painted scenes on the faces of a revolving frame in the form of a triangular prism. The scene was changed by turning one periaktos or both, so as to exhibit a new face to the audience. (Harris, 1977)