Mum’s birthday present was utilised to take Martina to a show at the wonderful Irodio. This Odeon was built 1900 years ago in memory of Herodes’ wife Appia Annia Regilla Atilia Caucidia Tertulla (or Aspasia, as he called her). It seems strange that modern Greeks have only one first name, while back in the day it was the more, the merrier. Herodes’ full name was Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes. He claimed lineage from Zeus… what’s certain is that he was a great benefactor for the city of Athens.
Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes:
The Odeon seats 5000 people and originally had a wooden roof. I’m curious as to how the roof was supported.
The ballet was a tribute to Rudolf Nureyev with dancers from Europe, the Bolshoi, and other well-pirouetting sources. Anything one sees at the Odeon is fantastic but even I enjoyed the ballet, especially the second piece, a section of the dance ‘Elegy’ (I believe it is on Melbourne’s program at the moment).
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