Theatre or arena
Odeion of Perikles
Odeion of Perikles: theatre or arena of the ancient world (Attica, Greece).
Theatre or arenaKind
Classical periodFirst recorded · 550 BC – 330 BC
Roman periodLast recorded · 30 BC – AD 300
AthensNearest town · 1.5 km
On the map
Position: 37.9704, 23.7287
Through the eras
Before 750 BC
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC✓
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC✓
Roman period30 BC – AD 300✓
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 640
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453
About the site
A columned structure on the southeast slope of the Acropolis of Athens, built in imitation of the tent of Xerxes after 479 BC, which was used for musical performances and as a lawcourt. It was destroyed in the Sullan Sack of 86 BC, but repaired in the mid-1st century BC.
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