{"id":677,"date":"2019-10-30T15:01:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T19:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/?page_id=677"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:30:36","slug":"choregic-monument-of-thrasyllos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/choregic-monument-of-thrasyllos\/","title":{"rendered":"Choregic Monument of Thrasyllos"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"677\" class=\"elementor elementor-677 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-lehs9ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"lehs9ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-yqchkbm\" data-id=\"yqchkbm\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1r4whw elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1r4whw\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0017BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1394\" alt=\"Choregic Monument of Thrasyllos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0017BIG.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0017BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0017BIG-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0017BIG-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0017BIG-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-oprfhti elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"oprfhti\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"326\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9805BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1395\" alt=\"Choregic Monument of Thrasyllos detail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9805BIG.jpg 326w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9805BIG-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9805BIG-230x353.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bvowun elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bvowun\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This monument, at the very top of the theatron of the Theater of Dionysus, was initially erected in 320 BC by Thrasyllos in front of the cave he dedicated to Dionysus. 50 years later, the monument was enlarged by his son, Thrasykles, in celebration of similar choregic victories. The monument was much more elaborate that the surviving parts suggest, and even these Corinthian columns once supported votive tripods. The picture above was taken from the Wall of Cimon, a defensive wall surrounding the acropolis built after the Persian Invasion. That cave once dedicated to Dionysus sported a painting of Apollo and Artemis killing Niobe&#8217;s children when Pausanias passed through Athens in the 2nd century AD (1.21.5), and it is now a Christian shrine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w72xjg2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w72xjg2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This monument, at the very top of the theatron of the Theater of Dionysus, was initially erected in 320 BC by Thrasyllos in front of the cave he dedicated to Dionysus. 50 years later, the monument was enlarged by his son, Thrasykles, in celebration of similar choregic victories. 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