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Acoustic Modeling of Ancient Odeion of Thessaloniki

Authors: Kalliris, George; Papanikolaou, George; Sevastiadis, Christos; Zarras, Christos

AES Convention 118 · Paper 6503 · May 2005

Abstract

An interesting part of the remaining ancient Roman buildings is that of odea. One of them is the odeion at the ancient market in the center of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece. It’s a small, amphitheatric hall whose exact shape and acoustical characteristics are not known, since its roof is not preserved. Acoustical measurements and an accurate model of it, as it is today is presented. Moreover, the acoustical characteristics of the roofed hall are estimated, using certain types of roofs

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Published in
AES Convention 118
AES Convention
118
Paper number
6503
Publication date
May 6, 2005
Session subject
Room and Architectural Acoustics; Sound Reinforcement
Affiliation
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper