Theatre of Dionysus

The Theater of Dionysus Eleuthereus is a noteworthy performance center in Athens, worked at the foot of the Athenian Acropolis.

Committed to Dionysus, the divine force of plays and wine, the venue could situate upwards of 17,000 individuals with superb acoustics, making it a perfect area for old Athens' greatest dramatic festival, the Dionysia.

It was the principal theater at any point manufactured, cut into the southern bluff face of the Acropolis, and as far as anyone knows origin of Greek disaster.

The remaining parts of a reestablished and upgraded Roman rendition can in any case be seen at the site today.

It is now and again mistaken for the later, littler, and better-safeguarded Odeon of Herodes Atticus, found close-by on the southwest incline of the Acropolis.

The site has been utilized as a venue since the 6th century BC. The current structure goes back to the fourth century BC yet had numerous other later remodeling.

On November 24, 2009 the Greek government d that they would halfway reestablish the Theater of Dionysus.