{"id":227,"date":"2008-01-02T22:29:37","date_gmt":"2008-01-02T12:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=227"},"modified":"2008-01-02T22:29:37","modified_gmt":"2008-01-02T12:29:37","slug":"things-to-see-in-athens-theatre-of-herodes-atticus-theatre-of-dionysos-acropolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/greece\/things-to-see-in-athens\/things-to-see-in-athens-theatre-of-herodes-atticus-theatre-of-dionysos-acropolis","title":{"rendered":"Things to See in Athens &#8211; Theatre of Herodes Atticus &amp; Theatre of Dionysos, Acropolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the southern slope of the Acropolis lie two ancient theatres.  The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a spectacular Roman theatre <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/16015-2\/athens_0021.jpg\" title=\"Odeon of Herod Atticus, Acropolis, Athens\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/16015-2\/athens_0021.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" alt=\"Odeon of Herodes Atticus\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Odeon of Herodes Atticus\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"85\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a>and the smaller of the two. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/16015-2\/athens_0021.jpg\" title=\"Theatre of Herodes Atticus\">Herodes Atticus<\/a> built the Odeon in 161 AD in honour of his wife Regilla.  She passed away a year earlier. The odeon seats approximately 5,000 people and was used as a theater during the ancient Athens period for various plays and music concerts.  Today, it is still being used as a theatre and each year the Festival of Athens is held here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/athens_0038.jpg.html\" title=\"Theatre of Dionysos, Acropolis\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/16049-2\/athens_0038.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" alt=\"Theatre of Dionysos\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Theatre of Dionysos\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"85\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a>On the southern cliff face of the Acropolis is the larger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/athens_0038.jpg.html\" title=\"Theatre of Dionysos, Acropolis\">Theatre of Dionysos<\/a>.  It was the first temple built of stone and famous playrights like Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes all had their plays performed here.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the southern slope of the Acropolis lie two ancient theatres. The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a spectacular Roman theatre and the smaller of the two. Herodes Atticus built the Odeon in 161 AD in honour of his wife Regilla. She passed away a year earlier. 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