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Odeon or Odeum (Ancient Greek: ᾨδεῖον, Ōideion, lit. "singing place") is the name for several ancient Greek and Roman buildings built for musical activities such as singing, musical shows, and poetry competitions. Odeons were smaller than Greek and Roman theatres. [clarification needed]
The Theatre of Dionysus [1] (or Theatre of Dionysos, Greek: Θέατρο του Διονύσου) is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus (Dionysus the Liberator [ 2 ] ).
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Greek: Ωδείο Ηρώδου του Αττικού; also called Herodeion or Herodion; [1] Greek: Ηρώδειο) is a stone Roman theatre [2] structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The building was completed in AD 161 and then renovated in 1950.
Greek Theatre Performance: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2000; Wiles, David. The Masks of Menander: Sign and Meaning in Greek and Roman Performance, Cambridge, 1991. Wiles, David. Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy: from ancient festival to modern experimentation, Cambridge, 1997.
The largest building of the Archaeological Park of Dion in northern Greece is the Hellenistic-era theatre. It is located in the south of the village of Dion, Pieria and is often used during the summer for performances of the Olympus Festival .
Site plan of the Acropolis at Athens showing the major archaeological remains – the Odeon is number 19, on the far right. The Odeon of Athens or Odeon of Pericles in Athens was a 4,000 m 2 (43,000 sq ft) odeon, built at the southeastern foot of the Acropolis in Athens, next to the entrance to the Theatre of Dionysus.
This is a list of ancient Greek theatres by location. Attica and Athens. Theatre of Dionysus, Athens; Theatre of Thorikos, East Attica; Odeon of Athens, Athens;
Today, the monument attracts a large number of Greek and foreign visitors and is used for the performance of ancient drama plays. [8] The first modern performance conducted at the theatre was Sophocles's tragedy Electra. It was played in 1938, directed by Dimitris Rontiris, starring Katina Paxinou and Eleni Papadaki. [9]