Royal Seats, Theatre of Dionysos, Athens, Greece
Collection: Europe

Title

Royal Seats, Theatre of Dionysos, Athens, Greece

Subject

Dionysos (Athens, Greece)

Description

On verso:
No. 232. ROYAL SEATS, THEATRE OF DIONYSOS, ATHENS, GREECE.
At no time was Athens more splendid than under the- reign of the Antonines. The magnificent works of from eight to ten centuries were standing, and the creations of a Pericles were in equal preservation with the buildings of later origin. Plutarch, born 46 A. D., expressed his wonder that the. ancient structures could retain such a perpetual freshness. Among the edifices that were constructed after the political power of Athens had vanished, there is one that was finished in the times of Alexander the Great. It is a stone amphitheatre, called the Theatre of Dionysos, which took the place of an old wooden structure that was first erected in 500 B C. It was Philipp, Alexander's father, that broke the power of free Greece and made it a province of Macedony, but during several centuries his successors, the rulers of Pergamos, of Egypt and even those of Rome considered it a much cherished privilege to maintain the architectural marvels of Athens and to add to them.
A8523

Creator

[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]

Source

Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA

Publisher

Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA

Date

ca. 1900

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Stereographs

Identifier

232



Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “Royal Seats, Theatre of Dionysos, Athens, Greece,” Digital Canton, accessed December 25, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/543.
Original Format

Stereograph

Physical Dimensions

7 x 3.5 inches