Athens: Theater of Dionysus

Last major stop was the Theater of Dionysus (link to wikipedia). This was a huge and famous place, able to sit 14,000-17,000 people and where famous figures like Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes stages plays. The accoustics were so good that you could hear a spoken voice from the stage all the way up in the nose-bleed section. We would see something even more amazing later, but we'll get back to that.

View from the side of the stage.  Up the hill is the base of the rock upon which the Acropolis is built.

Some of the sculptural work from the front.  

One of the premium seats down front, including a drink holder large enough to hold Grandfather's 64 oz. Big Gulp tumbler.

Refurbishing the monument of Thrasyllos, which sits at the front of a cave that was used during times of persecution by Christians as a church.  This was not open to the public.

The "sidewalk" (peripatos) leading from the theater past the temples and around to the Acropolis's entrance.

Remains of the Stoa of Eumenes on the left and the Ionian and Doric Stoa on the right, walking away from the theater and towards the entrance to the Acropolis.

Remains of statuary from the theater and surrounding buildings (like the Stoa).

This is how I look when I'm so mad that I'm about to explode.