Theatre of Dionysus

The Dionysus Theater is the most famous among all the Greek theaters in the city of Athens. In the fifth and sixth centuries, the amphitheater was made of wood only, and after its collapse, a stone amphitheater was built, sufficient to accommodate 13,000 people. As for the orchestra, which was originally circular, it has been changed. During the reign of Nero, it was built into a semi-circle covered with a multicolored marble pavement in the middle, and in this theater the plays of Aeschyles, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes were perpetuated.