List of ancient ideas

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This list of ancient ideas records the ideas of Greco-Roman antiquity in chronological order. A list of the ancient theaters can be found here .

Ancient place name / location Modern place name / location Dating Plant and condition Excavation history Illustration
Sparta Sparta 6th century BC Chr. Skias built by Theodoros of Samos at the Sparta market
Athens Athens around 447 BC BC, 86 BC Torn down, but soon rebuilt Erected by Pericles on the southeast slope of the Acropolis
Athens Athens on the market by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa , 2nd half of the 1st century BC Chr.
Rome Rome Imperial times, under Domitian
Athens Athens 161 ad See the main article Odeon of Herodes Atticus
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus in a photograph by Félix Bonfils (1868 or 1875)
Herbert von Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic in the Odeon of Herodes Atticus (June 1938)
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus today
Catania Catania 3rd century AD
The Odeon in Catania
Ephesus
The Odeon in Ephesus
Kos Kos Odeon of Kos built in the 2nd century AD, restored in the time of Antoninus Pius after an earthquake. Excavated by the Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene during the Italian occupation (1912 to 1943) under the direction of Luciano Laurenzi in 1929 and partially restored in 1937, 1939 and 1998/99.
The Odeon in Kos
Corinth
Paphos
The Odeon in Paphos
Patras
Hippos ( Palestine )
Apollonia (Albania)
The Odeon in Apollonia (Albania)
Madauros
The Odeon in Madauros
Taormina
The Odeon in Tauromenium (Taormina)
Teos