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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.
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.
The Theatre of Dionysus. After the Achaemenid destruction of Athens in 480 BC, the town and acropolis were rebuilt, and theatre became formalized and an even greater part of Athenian culture and civic pride. This century is normally regarded as the Golden Age of Greek drama.
English: Reconstruction of the Theatre of Dionysus, Athens. Lycurgan Theatre or Hellenistic, from DIE BAUGESCHICHTLICHE ENTWICKLUNG DES ANTIKEN THEATERS, Fiechter ...
The Hellenistic period started around the time of Alexander the Great's death in 323 BC and lasted until the Roman Victory at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. As Ancient Greece began to change from a culture consisting of ethnic and city-state Greeks to one governed by large monarchies, theatre architecture to include the stage buildings began to experience significant changes.
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]