Epidaurus
The Perfect Acoustics
Gateway town: Nafplio
Portrait
The fourth-century theatre seats fourteen thousand and carries a whisper from the orchestra to the last row — limestone seats filter low-frequency noise, which is why the acoustics work at all. A summer performance is the ideal;; otherwise sit high, have someone drop a coin below, and then walk the sanctuary of Asclepius where patients slept for cures.
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