The site of the Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus, on the south slope of the Athenian Acropolis, excavated in 1838 and throughout most of the following century. Early remains in the area relating to the cult of Dionysus Eleuthereus have been dated to the sixth century BCE, during the rule of Peisistratus and his successors, but a theatre was apparently not built on the site until the fifth century BCE.

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The site of the Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus, on the south slope of the Athenian Acropolis, excavated in 1838 and throughout most of the following century. Early remains in the area relating to the cult of Dionysus Eleuthereus have been dated to the sixth century BCE, during the rule of Peisistratus and his successors, but a theatre was apparently not built on the site until the fifth century BCE.

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