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Map of the Theatre as it would have been in the late 4th century BC. From W. Dörpfeld, E. Reisch, Das griechische Theater, Athen, 1896. The cult of Dionysus was introduced to Attica in the Archaic period with the earliest representation of the God dating to c. 580 BC. [7] The City Dionysia (or Great Dionysia) began sometime in the Peisistratid ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, ... Theatre of Dionysus: Athens Athens: Greece
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Latin: [tʰɛˈaːtrũː ˈɔrbɪs tɛˈrːaːrũː], "Theatre of the Lands of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas.Written by Abraham Ortelius, strongly encouraged by Gillis Hooftman [2] and originally printed on 20 May 1570 in Antwerp, [3] it consisted of a collection of uniform map sheets and supporting text bound to form a book for which ...
The map featured in the artwork is based on Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ("Theatre of the Lands of the World"), which is one of the most referenced world maps in history. It also appears to draw inspiration from a foolscap map created in 1575 by the French mapmaker Jean de Fourmont. [2]
The Artists of Dionysus or Dionysiac Artists (Ancient Greek: οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τεχνιταί, romanized: hoi peri ton Dionuson technitai) were an association of actors and other performers who coordinated the organisation of Greek theatrical and musical performances in the Hellenistic Period and under the Roman Empire ...
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.
In addition, excavations have uncovered an agora, asklipieion, basilica, odeion, and Hellenistic-Roman theatre, and a necropolis known as the "Tombs of the Kings". [ 3 ] Nea Paphos is one of the three components forming the Paphos archaeological complex inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List [ 4 ] in 1980 for its outstanding mosaics and ...
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