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Argos
The Town Hall
Railway Station
The Municipal Market
Konstantopoulos Mansion
Trikoupis Mansion
Kapodistrias Public School
Xintaropoulos Building
Kapodistrias Barracks
Church of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos
Church of Aghios Konstantinos
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
The Church of Panaghia Portokalousa (Katekekrymeni)
Panaghia of the Castle
Aghios Petros Cathedral and Central Square
Kefalari and Erasinos River
The Archaelogical Museum (Kallergeio)
The Courthouse Square
The Street Market
The Ancient Theatre
Serapeio-Asklipeio-Baths A
Theatre with the Straight Rows of Seats
The Temple of Aphrodite
The Ancient Agora of Argos
Hypostyle Chamber
The Northern Arcade and the Theatre of the Agora
The War Memorial
The South Arcade and Palaestra
Stadium Track
The Dome and the Nymphaeum of Argos
Monument D
The Agora's Drain
Monument M
Larissa and the Castle
Prophet Elias Hill (the Shield)-Deiras-Prehistoric Times
Temple of Athena Oxyderkes and Apollo Deiradiotis
The Criterion, the Nymphaeum and the Aqueduct
Gordon Residence
Residence of General Dimitris Tsokris
The Diamantopoulos Residence
The Baths A
The Odeon
The Square Nymphaeum
The Hellenic Pyramid of Ellinikos

ΑΡΓΟΣ - The Odeon

After five centuries of use, the theatre with the straight rows of seats was turned into the city’s Odeon. Towards the end of the 1st century AD the theatre gained a roof and was turned into an Odeon keeping its original rectangular form. (Odeon 1) A semi-circular auditorium with a diameter of 50m was constructed for the spectators. It was divided horizontally by concentric aisles, the diazomata, into the upper and lower auditorium. Entrance to the upper auditorium was by means of a path to the north and a stairway to the south of the building. The lower auditorium had one stairway in the middle and one at each end. The first Odeon building (Odeon 1) had a small semi-circular orchestra measuring 9.5m in diameter and a pulpitum, a raised flat surface on which the actors performed. Entrance to the performance space was via two paradoi, two passageways used especially for entrances and exits, one to the north and one to the south. During the 3rd century AD, the building was converted and the auditorium took on its final semi-circular shape (Odeon II). Concentric aisles, diazomata, and three stairways radiating from the centre divided the auditorium into wedge shaped seating areas known as kerkides, to make the movement of spectators easier. The brick built seating was plastered, and the surfaces of the diazomata were covered in mosaics with a floral design. The stage had a depth of 5.95m and the proscenium, or scaenae frons, was formed of three alcoves, one in the centre and one at each end. The actors entrances were also built of brick were in the shape of arches and coincided with the ends of the diazoma. The Argos Odeon, with a capacity from 1800 spectators, played host to musical and theatrical performances. As it was small and covered, it must have had better acoustics than the large theatre.