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View of the Theatre and Sanctuary of Dionysus from the west. The Theatre of Dionysus [1] (or Theatre of Dionysos, Greek: Θέατρο του Διονύσου) is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus (Dionysus the Liberator [2]).
Site plan of the Acropolis at Athens showing the major archaeological remains – the Odeon is number 19, on the far right. The Odeon of Athens or Odeon of Pericles in Athens was a 4,000 m 2 (43,000 sq ft) odeon, built at the southeastern foot of the Acropolis in Athens, next to the entrance to the Theatre of Dionysus.
English: Reconstruction of the Theatre of Dionysus, Athens. Lycurgan Theatre or Hellenistic, from DIE BAUGESCHICHTLICHE ENTWICKLUNG DES ANTIKEN THEATERS, Fiechter ...
Mary C. Sturgeon, «The Reliefs on the Theater of Dionysos in Athens», American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 81, No. 1 (Winter, 1977), pp. 31-53 Alison Frantz, «The Date of the Phaidros Bema in the Theater of Dionysos», Hesperia Supplements, Vol. 20, Studies in Athenian Architecture, Sculpture and Topography.
The Choragic Monument The frieze. The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates near the Acropolis of Athens was erected by the choregos Lysicrates, a wealthy patron of musical performances in the Theater of Dionysus, to commemorate the prize in the dithyramb contest of the City Dionysia in 335/334 BCE, of which performance he was liturgist.
At its centre was the city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and religious place during this period, and the theatre was institutionalised there as part of a festival called the Dionysia, which honoured the god Dionysus. Tragedy (late 500 BC), comedy (490 BC), and the satyr play were the three dramatic genres ...
The Theatre of Dionysus in Athens is thought to have been the first purpose-built theatre. Around the middle of the 5th century BC, the skene began to appear in Greek theatre. Placing a skene behind the orchestra – where the performers acted, played, and danced – broke what is thought to have been the original theatre in the round nature of ...
Remains of the north retaining wall of the Stoa of Eumenes. The Stoa of Eumenes [1] was a Hellenistic colonnade built on the South slope of the Acropolis, Athens and which lay between the Theater of Dionysus and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus The gallery was donated to the city of Athens by the king of Pergamon, Eumenes II (197–159 BC), around 160 BC. [2]