Aerial photo: the Odeum of Herodes Atticus, a present to Athens after 160 A.D. in honour of his wife Regilla. It was intended for concerts and had a seating capacity of five to six thousand spectators. People of the time were particularly struck by the fact that its cedarwood roof was not carried on pillars or other interior support.
Athens, 1st Ephorate of Prehistoric & Classical Antiquities. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/ARF.
Andronikos, Ì., Akropoli, Ekdotiki Athinon, Athens 1995, p.65, ill.39.
© Hellenic Ministry of Culture


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