The Theatre of Dionysus (or Theatre of Dionysos, Greek: Θέατρο του Διονύσου) is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the...

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (/daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs/; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation...

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...

support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The cult of Dionysus was strongly associated with satyrs, centaurs, and sileni, and its characteristic...

Aristotle (384–322 BCE), the first theoretician of theatre, are to be found in the festivals that honored Dionysus. The performances were given in semi-circular...

seats at the Theatre of Dionysus inscribed with names. Pergamene column at the Stoa of Eumenes. Choragic Monument of Thrasyllos. Temple of Asclepius. North...

festival proper, the cult-statue was removed from the temple near the theatre of Dionysus and taken to a temple on the road to Eleutherae. That evening, after...

Athenian colonies marched to the Theatre of Dionysus on the southern slope of the Acropolis, carrying the wooden statue of Dionysus Eleuthereus, the "leading"...

connected. Ancient Greek theatre began in the 6th century BC and traces its origins to religious rituals such as the Festival of Dionysus and choral odes to...

a list of ancient Greek theatres by location. Theatre of Dionysus, Athens Theatre of Thorikos, East Attica Odeon of Athens, Athens Theatre of Zea, Piraeus...

Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. It premiered posthumously at the Theatre of Dionysus in 405 BC as part of a tetralogy that also included...

Greece, north suburb of Athens. Dionysius (disambiguation) Saint Dionysius (disambiguation) Theatre of Dionysus, an ancient Greek theatre This disambiguation...

Artists of Dionysus or Dionysiac Artists (Ancient Greek: οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τεχνιταί, romanized: hoi peri ton Dionuson technitai) were an association of actors...

to the entrance to the Theatre of Dionysus. It was first built in 435 BC by Pericles for the musical contests that formed part of the Panathenaea, for audiences...

painting of the Battle of Marathon by Polygnotus, on the north side of the Agora. Theatres: the Theatre of Dionysus, on the southeast slope of the Acropolis...

sword of Damocles", an allusion to the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power. Damocles was a courtier in the court of Dionysius...

The Dionysus Sardanapalus is an uncommon Hellenistic-Roman Neo Attic sculpture-type of the god Dionysus, misnamed after the king Sardanapalus. Unlike...

Heracleides of Pontus asserts that the audience tried to stone Aeschylus. Aeschylus took refuge at the altar in the orchestra of the Theater of Dionysus. He pleaded...

organised a number of festivals and construction projects in honour of Claudius and Nero, including a new stage building in the Theatre of Dionysus and a monumental...

seating section at the Theatre of Dionysus was reserved for priesthoods of "Hestia on the Acropolis, Livia, and Julia", and of "Hestia Romain" ("Roman...

love; Ares, God of war; Hermes, the god of commerce and travellers, Hephaestus, the god of fire and metalwork; and Dionysus, the god of wine and fruit-bearing...

000 at the Theatre of Dionysus. The day's program at the City Dionysia for example was crowded, with three tragedies and a satyr play ahead of a comedy...

Dionysus' Argonautica Palaephatus (fourth century BC) 'On the Incredible' (Festa, N. (ed.) (1902) Mythographi Graeca III, 2, Lipsiae, p. 89 John of Antioch...

One of the earliest known ouroboros motifs is found in the Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld, an ancient Egyptian funerary text in KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun...

distributed by the nymph named Ambrosia, a nurse of Dionysus. Ambrosia is very closely related to the gods' other form of sustenance, nectar. The two terms may not...

(Kentauroi Kyprioi) - Half-Horse Men of Greek Mythology". www.theoi.com. "LAMIAN PHERES - Centaurs of Dionysus in Greek Mythology". www.theoi.com. "Chiron...

extension of the ancient rites carried out in honor of Dionysus, and it heavily influenced the theatre of Ancient Rome and the Renaissance. Tragic plots were...

1810, vol.4, pp.409 – 450 Archived 2023-01-02 at the Wayback Machine "Théâtre Classique" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved...

Greek force crept out of the horse and opened the gates for the rest of the Greek army, which had sailed back under the cover of darkness. The Greeks entered...

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