1. City Dionysia Festival
By Nadia, Clara, Ryan, and Jacob

2. What was City Dionysia?
Festival in Ancient Athens honoring the god of wine, Dionysus
Attracted businessman who would come with the sole purpose to trade
Festivities meant to impress strangers with the wealth of the city and to celebrate theater
To start off the festival, there was a religious procession where a statue of Dionysus was carried throughout the city
Central events were performances of dramatic works
Playwrights competed for first place prize of having the best play

3. Connection to Lysistrata
Comedies performed after 487 BC
Lysistrata performed in 411 BC in Athens
Most likely at City Dionysia
Aristophanes wrote many popular comedies, many of which won at festivals like City Dionysia

4. Past The origin of all Greek drama
Festival held in March in concurrence with the flowering season of grapes for wine (symbol for birth).
Six-day spring event
Most important festival in the ancient world because it combined theatre, arts, dance, and it brings the community together being that people from all over Greece came to watch the event.

5. Present
Many theatre programs in universities have their own version of City Dionysia across the U.S.
Today the festival is seen more as a way to expose people to the culture of Greek theatre
Followers of Hellenism still celebrate this festival as a holliday
Modern award shows such as the Oscars, mock political issues and figures just as playwrights in City Dionysia did

6. What it was like

7. Works Cited
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"Great Dionysia." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 15
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"The City Dionysia." Theatre Database. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar