Theater of Dionysus

Theater of Dionysus

ca. 350 BCE

1821

Bema of Phaedrus

sculpture (visual work)

Greece (nation)

Athens (inhabited place)

Late Classical

reliefs (sculptures)

Dionysus (Greek deity)

View of a section of the relief sculptures representing scenes from the life of Dionysus in front of the Theater of Dionysus. " Often called the Bema of Phaedrus (or Phaidros), these reliefs would have served as facing for a stage during the Roman era. The statues, probably dating from the 2nd century AD, were taken from somewhere else and reconfigured for the theatre. The heads of the statues were removed to fit under a cornice. A crouching Silenus, the woodland deity who served as Dionysos’ mentor, can be seen on the right side,"--GettDigital: Gettysburg College Digital Collections

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