Sculptural Decoration, Theatre of Dionysos, Athens

Mark Cartwright

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published on 07 April 2015

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Sculptural Decoration, Theatre of Dionysos, Athens — Part of the sculptural decoration from the Late Roman Bema of Phaedrus, the Theatre of Dionysos, on the slopes of the acropolis of Athens. 4th century CE. (The theatre was orginally constructed in the 6th century BCE). The scenes depict episodes from the myths of Dionysos.

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Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

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