ODEON OF HERODES ATTICUS

ALSO ON THE SLOPES OF THE ACROPOLIS

Often taken as the famous theater of Dionysus, which is in ruins beside it, the Odeon was originally created for the performance of music.

This space was not, it is believed, built for theater. But it is useful to consider it's architecture as a performance space.

And looking at these images, to consider the role of the natural elements in these performance spaces -- the landscape and geography, the weather, sunlight and shadows, and even bird activity (so essential to the omens in many Greek tales).

Pages by Mrs. D

"One of the most admirable things about history is, that almost as a rule, we get as much information out of what it does not say as we get out of what it does say. . . . History is a frog; half of it is submerged, but he knows it is there, and he knows the shape of it."

"The Secret History of Eddypus", Mark Twain