The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone theatre on the south slope of the Acropolis in Athens, built by the wealthy Athenian Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife Aspasia Annia Regilla. It was a Roman-style theatre with a roof of cedar wood and a semicircular auditorium that held about five thousand people, used for musical performances. The building was burned down in the third century CE during an invasion by the Heruli and was left in ruins. It was restored in the 1950s, using marble, and has been the main venue of the Athens Festival since then, with famous performers such as Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti and Nana Mouskouri, as well as ancient dramas and concerts.
Before and after
- 142 CEConstruction of Antonine Wall
- 142 CEOrigins of Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
- 150 CEBirth of Nagarjuna
- c. 150sPtolemy writes the Almagest
- 161 CEOrigins of Odeon of Herodes Atticus
- from 165 CE to 180 CEAntonine Plague
- from 166 CE to 180 CEMarcomannic Wars
- 170 CEDeath of Ptolemy
- 17 March 180 CEDeath of Marcus Aurelius
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