Modern Description:
Not far from the south corner of the agora area, but reached by the modern asphalt road south from the town-centre which leads round the back of the agora, is the Roman Odeion (late-2nd century AD). Not as well preserved as the odeion in Cos, because it has been bisected by the modern street, it nonetheless gives a sense of the intimacy of such small, covered halls, which were used for readings, concerts of song, or simply for special meetings. The building has a core in brick and cement, and is finished in marble: a dozen or more rows of seats are missing from the upper cavea. As you continue north along the modern street, above and to your right are the remains of the terracing of the Sanctuary of Artemis. (Scarcely accessible any more because of the growth of vegetation, the exiguous remains still visible today can best be reached by continuing along the street as far as the Dionysion, taking the path to the right, and then right again back through the olive grove.) This sanctuary, which is mentioned by Hippocrates in relation to his stay on the island, has yielded a richness of finds (both statuary and votive offerings) but a paucity of comprehensible building. The area was entered from the small square with the wells beyond the Passage of the Theoroi by means of steps and an elegant covered propyleion which, according to an inscription recording the gratitude of the municipality, was extensively restored by a rich Thasian lady in the 1st century BC. The base of a substantial, rectangular altar has been identified, a large, artificially constructed upper terrace and the foundations of a portico.
Trismegistos Geo: 30548
Info: McGilchrist's Greek Islands 
(From McGilchrist’s Greek Islands, © Nigel McGilchrist 2010, excerpted with his gracious permission. Click for the books)
