#amphiareion of oropos

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Marble prohedria (honorary seats) at the ancient theatre of the Amphiareion of Oropos, Attica, Greece.

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Around 2000 year old; Marble Thrones (Prohedria); at the ancient Theatre of Amphiareion of Oropos, Greece

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2000-year-old marble thrones at the ancient theatre of Amphiareion in Oropos, Greece.

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2000-year-old marble thrones at the ancient theatre of Amphiareion of Oropos, Greece. See more: themindcircle.com/ancient-architecture/

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Tronos de mármol de 2200 años de antigüedad en el antiguo teatro de Amphiareion en Oropos, Grecia.

2,200-year-old marble thrones at the ancient Amphiareion Theatre in Oropos, Greece.

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2000-year-old marble thrones at the ancient theatre of Amphiareion of Oropos, Greece.

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          ~ “2000-year-old marble thrones at the ancient theatre of Amphiareion of Oropos, Greece.The Amphiareion at Oropos, sanctuary of the hero Amphiaraos, was greatly famed and frequented by pilgrims who went to seek oracular responses and healing.The largest building in the sanctuary is a stoa (mid-4th century BC) which served as the enkoimeterion for the patients.The sanctuary also contained a theatre. The theatre is dated to the 2nd century BCE by inscriptions and the seating area was likely composed of wooden seats on stone supports.Five marble prohedria (seat of honour at the front of the seating area) were discovered placed around the orchestra.” ~

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Tronos de mármol de 2000 años de antigüedad en el antiguo teatro de Amphiareion de Oropos, Grecia.

El Amphiareion en Oropos, santuario del héroe Amphiaraos, era muy famoso y frecuentado por peregrinos que iban en busca de respuestas oraculares y curación. El edificio más grande del santuario es una stoa (mediados del siglo IV a. C.) que servía como enkoimeterion para los pacientes. El santuario también contenía un teatro. El teatro está fechado en el siglo II a. C. por inscripciones y el área de asientos probablemente estaba compuesta por asientos de madera sobre soportes de piedra. Se descubrieron cinco prohedria de mármol (asiento de honor en la parte delantera del área de asientos) colocados alrededor de la orquesta.

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2000-year-old marble thrones at the ancient theatre of Amphiareion of Oropos, Greece.

The Amphiareion at Oropos, sanctuary of the hero Amphiaraos, was greatly famed and frequented by pilgrims who went to seek oracular responses and healing.

The largest building in the sanctuary is a stoa (mid-4th century BC) which served as the enkoimeterion for the patients.

The sanctuary also contained a theatre. The theatre is dated to the 2nd century BCE by inscriptions and the seating area was likely composed of wooden seats on stone supports.

Five marble prohedria (seat of honor at the front of the seating area) were discovered placed around the orchestra.

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Day 11: Oropos and Rhamnous

Early bus to the Amphiareion at Oropos, an ancient healing sanctuary with a temple, bath complex, and theatre. None of the structures remain, but there are a few column drums and the theatre is still somewhat visible in the topography. Very calm site with a natural spring and stream running through. Onwards to the fortress of Rhamnous, which was very well-preserved. I was exhausted and took the hike down to Rhamnous very slowly, so I didn’t see much of the site. Had lunch at a local taverna and swam at a private beach nearby. 

The drive to Rhamnous

Part of the extensive fortress complex at Rhamnous.

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Seats of honor in the theater at the Amphiareion of Oropos, Attica, Greece. 

(2nd century BC.)

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Amphiareion of Oropos (Sanctuary of Amphiaraus), Attica, Greece

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The Amphiareion of Oropos, a sanctuary named after the mythical hero Amphiaraos, one of the Seven Against Thebes, who foretold the demise of everyone who joined the expedition, was known to most people in the Greek-speaking world in the 4th century BC.

People would go there at least once a year for the Lesser Amphiareia and every five years for the Greater Amphiareia, with their musical, equestrian and sports contests in which actors, scholars and athletes from across Greece, the Greek cities of southern Italy (Magna Graecia) and Asia Minor would participate. Many would visit at other times too, to receive an oracular response and to ask for the advice of Amphiaraos, the chthonic (underground) god, or seek therapy. Then, they would enter the sanctuary from the east, from the grand gallery.

Nowadays, visitors enter the site from the west, but it doesn’t make any difference. Inside the thick pine forest, a small city rises on both sides of the Mavrodilesi creek, also known as Haradra (Gorge). On the one bank are the official buildings – temple, theater, altars, gallery, spas – and on the other, the settlement with its guesthouse, tavernas, agora and the famous clepsydra, one of the two extant ancient memorial water clocks – the other is in Athens’ agora – that operated the same way: a tap emptied the water from a rectangular basin very slowly, keeping the time.

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2000-year-old marble thrones at the ancient theatre of Amphiareion in Oropos, Greece.

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Amphiareion of Oropos, Greece, is a 5th century BC sanctuary dedicated to the heroic Seer and demigod, Amphiaraus. The sick visited to be healed and the anxious went to learn their future.

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2000-year-old marble thrones at the ancient theatre of Amphiareion in Oropos, Greece.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiareion_of_Oropos#:~:text=View%20of%20the%20ancient%20theater.&text=The%20sanctuary%20is%20located%2037.2,%2C%20stoa%2C%20and%20associated%20structures.