The Athenians appear to have been unusually enamoured of the theatre when compared to other, contemporary Greek cultures. The Theatre of Dionysus, still visible on the slopes of the Athenian Acropolis, is emblematic of this cultural fascination.
Early Athenian drama
Athenian dramatic performances, thought to have been first introduced during the reign of the tyrant Peisistratus, may not have always taken place on the slopes of the Acropolis. There was a space with-in the Athenian agora called, the 'dancing floor', although where exactly this space was is unknown. Xenophon, in his work , says that choruses would dance for the Twelve Gods (3.2). As there was an Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian agora, built during the reign of Peisistratus' sons (see Thucydides 6.54), then the was likely beside it.
