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Argos
The Town Hall
Railway Station
The Municipal Market
Konstantopoulos Mansion
Trikoupis Mansion
Kapodistrias Public School
Xintaropoulos Building
Kapodistrias Barracks
Church of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos
Church of Aghios Konstantinos
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
The Church of Panaghia Portokalousa (Katekekrymeni)
Panaghia of the Castle
Aghios Petros Cathedral and Central Square
Kefalari and Erasinos River
The Archaelogical Museum (Kallergeio)
The Courthouse Square
The Street Market
The Ancient Theatre
Serapeio-Asklipeio-Baths A
Theatre with the Straight Rows of Seats
The Temple of Aphrodite
The Ancient Agora of Argos
Hypostyle Chamber
The Northern Arcade and the Theatre of the Agora
The War Memorial
The South Arcade and Palaestra
Stadium Track
The Dome and the Nymphaeum of Argos
Monument D
The Agora's Drain
Monument M
Larissa and the Castle
Prophet Elias Hill (the Shield)-Deiras-Prehistoric Times
Temple of Athena Oxyderkes and Apollo Deiradiotis
The Criterion, the Nymphaeum and the Aqueduct
Gordon Residence
Residence of General Dimitris Tsokris
The Diamantopoulos Residence
The Baths A
The Odeon
The Square Nymphaeum
The Hellenic Pyramid of Ellinikos

ΑΡΓΟΣ - Theatre with the Straight Rows of Seats

One of the oldest theatres in Greece was founded during the 5th century in Argos on the slopes of Larissa Hill. It was carved into the natural rock and has straight rows of seats divided into two by steps in the centre. It was used as a place for public meetings, in other words as a Chamber of Deputies, and it has also been connected to the Criterion or place of judgement. According to mythology, it was here that King Danaos tried his daughter, Hypermnestra, the only one of his 50 daughters who disobeyed his order and did not kill her husband, Lynceus, who had come to Argos, along with his brothers, from Egypt in order to seize power. The theatre with the straight rows of seats had a seating capacity of 2,500 and must have played host to theatrical performances as well, until the building of the large theatre during the 3rd century BC.