Essays Tagged: "Theatre of Dionysus"
Theater of Dionysus
The Theater of DionysusThe Theater of Dionysus was Europe's first theater, and stood immediately below the Parth ... as originally built in the late 5th century B.C. The theater was an outdoor auditorium in the shape of a great semicircle on the slope of the Acropolis, with rows of seats on which about eighteen thou ... seats on which about eighteen thousand spectators could comfortably seat. The front rows consisted of marble chairs, and were the only seats in the theater that had a back support. The priests of Dio ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Sophocles and The Greek Theatre.
When ancient Greek theatre is referenced to, it normally means Greek theatre in Athens during the fifth century. The an ... s studies complete, he was ready to compete in the City Dionysia--a festival held every year at the Theatre of Dionysus in which new plays were presented. In his first competition, Sophocles took firs ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama