Odeion of Perikles
theatre · 550 BC – 2100 AD
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.
- Coordinates
- 37.97041, 23.72868
- Also known as
- Ōideîon (grc), Ὠιδεῖον (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)