Theatre of Dionysus

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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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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 festival ⓘ
linked to: City Dionysia

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 Eleuthereus ⓘ
ownedBy Hellenic Republic ⓘ
linked to: Greece
partOf 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 ⓘ

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

Dionysia → associatedWith → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ
Melpomene → associatedWith → Greek theatre ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Dionysus
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → likelyFirstPerformanceLocation → Theatre of Dionysus in Athens ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Dionysus
Einleitung in die griechische Tragödie → discusses → Athenian theater ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Dionysus
Samia → culturalContext → Athenian theater ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Dionysus
Odeon of Pericles → locatedNear → Theater of Dionysus ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Dionysus
Classical Greek literature → performanceContext → Athenian theater festivals ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Dionysus
Attic Old Comedy → mainPerformanceVenue → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ
archaeological landscape of central Athens → hasPart → Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Dionysus
Lysicrates Monument → locatedNear → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ
Athens historic center → hasPart → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ
City Dionysia → typicalPerformancesHeldAt → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ
Heracleidae → associatedPlace → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ
subject linked to: Euripides’ play Heracleidae
Hellenistic Athens → hasPart → Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ
Apollodorus of Carystus → associatedWith → Athenian theatre ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Dionysus
The Girl from Samos → associatedWith → Athenian theatre ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Dionysus
The Treasure → culturalContext → Athenian theater ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Dionysus
The Stranger → associatedWith → Athenian theatre ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Dionysus