564.] [Footnote 691: The Odeum served for the rehearsal of new comedies as well as tragedies; they were read or repeated, before representation, without music or decorations, &c.

No piece could be represented in the theatre if it had not been previously approved by judges for this purpose.
The king of Cappadocia who restored the Odeum, which had been burnt by Sylla, was Araobarzanes.

See Martini, Dissertation on the Odeons of the Ancients, Leipsic.

1767, p.

10--91 .-- W.] [Footnote 70: See Philostrat.l.ii.p.548, 560.