Theatre of Dionysus [Athens]
type: Item
label: Dionysustheater @nl
label: Dionýsovo divadlo @cs
label: Teatro di Dioniso @it
label: Teatro de Dioniso @es
description: Theatre building in Athens, Greece
description: bouwwerk in Athene @nl
alternative label: Theatre of Dionysus
EUTA building identifier: 354
Importance: international importance
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Greece
City: Athens
GPS: Point(23.7278 37.9704)
Wikidata source: Q1227044
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 97318.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
time frame: Greek theatre era
time frame: Antiquity
context: Theatre of Dionysus (modern Athens, Greece). Cavea width: 82 m, orchestra width: 26.53 m; capacity: 17,000; Orchestra, early 5th cent. BCE, Periclean construction late 5th cent. BCE, Lycurgian construction mid 4th cent. BCE, Neronian renovatons mid 1st cent. CE.
Building date: -0498-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 17000
Theatrum ID: 279
Instance of: Canon Anno Teatri card game
Anno teatri id: 69
Canon Event Label: Dionysus Theatre
opening date: -0500-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q839954
Internal image: GR_Athens_Dyonisos.jpg
Internal image: GR_Athens_Dyonisos_2.jpg
Internal image: GR_Athens_Dyonisos_detail.jpg
Source URL: athens-dionysos
Carthalia ID: 382
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: [Theatre of Dionysus/Bacchus] Ancient Greek theatre, built 342-326 BC for archon Lycurgus at the site where various theatre buildings had been erected since the early 6th century BC. 17,000 seats. Alterations in the 3rd and 2nd century BC, and then again ca. 61 AD under Roman emperor Nero (raised stage, stone proskenion, 2nd skene storey). Marble barrier between skene and audience added in the 1st century AD. Honour seats added in Roman times. After the 4th century AD the theatre was not used anymore and fell into decay. 1765 rediscovered. Archaeological examination and restoration in the late 19th century under Wilhelm Dörpfeld. All extant classical Greek dramas were first presented in the theatres on this site.