Broneer,Oscar. — The Odeum.

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1932. XIV,148 pp. 138 b./w. ills. Orig. hardcover (gilt lettered burgundy red cloth). 4to. (Corinth. Results of excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Vol. X). A classic archaeological monograph written by Oscar Theodore Broneer (1894-1992), a prominent Swedish-American archaeologist and architectural historian, known for his extensive work on ancient Greece. This work covers the extensive excavation, architecture, and history of the Roman Odeum in Corinth (a covered theater used for musical performances and lectures). It was built at the end of the 1st century AD and decorated with marble under the patronage of Herodes Atticus. It was later destroyed by a major fire in the early 3rd century AD. After 225 AD, it was converted into an arena for games and spectacles.