Points of Interest near Dionysus Theatre Athens
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The Dionysus Theatre is among the most fascinating attractions in Athens and one of the major reasons for this is its being cut into the face of the southern cliff of the Acropolis. The theatre was not only the first that was constructed with the use of stone but it is also known to be where the Greek tragedies were born. The plays of Aristophanes, Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus were all performed here when it was still made of wood and earth.
It was between 342 and 326 BC when the rebuilding of the theatre into stone was done. However, the ruins that are among the attractions in Athens today are those of the enlarged theatre built in the 6th century BC. This had the capacity to seat 17,000 people, with its 64 rows of seats, 20 of which are still existing until now. Although most of the seats were made of limestone, the 67 in the first row were made using Pentallic marbles and were shaped like thrones. The most elegant of these thrones was the seat of the Dionysus priest and it had satyrs and bunches of grapes carved into it.
Located 0.83 km from Dionysus Theatre Athens
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