Theatre of Dionysus

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ancient theatre archaeological site open-air theatre

The Theatre of Dionysus is an ancient open-air theater on the south slope of the Acropolis in Athens, regarded as the birthplace of Greek drama and the principal venue for classical Athenian theatrical festivals.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Theatre of Dionysus canonical	4
Athenian theater	2
Athenian theater festivals	1
Greek theatre	1
Theater of Dionysus	1
Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus	1
Theatre of Dionysus in Athens	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient theatre ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ open-air theatre ⓘ
associatedWith	Athenian democracy ⓘ Athenian drama ⓘ
capacity	approximately 15000 spectators ⓘ approximately 17000 spectators ⓘ
city	Athens ⓘ
constructionStart	6th century BC ⓘ
coordinateLocation	37.970°N 23.728°E ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
culturalPeriod	Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Dionysus ⓘ
hasPart	cavea ⓘ orchestra ⓘ prohedria (front-row marble seats) ⓘ skene ⓘ
heritageDesignation	archaeological site of national significance ⓘ
laterModifiedBy	Romans ⓘ
locatedIn	Athens ⓘ
locatedOn	south slope of the Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
mainVenueFor	City Dionysia ⓘ surface form: City Dionysia festival Lenaia festival ⓘ
material	marble ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Dionysus ⓘ
near	Acropolis Museum ⓘ Odeon of Herodes Atticus ⓘ
notablePlaywrightsPerformed	Aeschylus ⓘ Aristophanes ⓘ Euripides ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
overlooks	Sanctuary of Dionysus in the Marshes ⓘ surface form: sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus
ownedBy	Greece ⓘ surface form: Hellenic Republic
partOf	Sanctuary of Dionysus in the Marshes ⓘ surface form: sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus
primaryUse	dramatic festivals ⓘ theatrical performances ⓘ
regardedAs	birthplace of Greek drama ⓘ
region	Attica ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
significance	principal venue for classical Athenian theatrical festivals ⓘ
style	Greek theatre architecture ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	part of Acropolis of Athens UNESCO World Heritage Site (buffer/associated area) ⓘ
usedFor	comedy performances ⓘ satyr plays ⓘ tragedy performances ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dionysia → associatedWith → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ

Melpomene → associatedWith → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek theatre

Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → likelyFirstPerformanceLocation → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theatre of Dionysus in Athens

Einleitung in die griechische Tragödie → discusses → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian theater

Samia → culturalContext → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian theater

Odeon of Pericles → locatedNear → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theater of Dionysus

Classical Greek literature → performanceContext → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian theater festivals

Attic Old Comedy → mainPerformanceVenue → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ

archaeological landscape of central Athens → hasPart → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus

Lysicrates Monument → locatedNear → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ

Athens historic center → hasPart → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ