Bema of Phaidros

The Bema of Phaidros (Ancient Greek: Βῆμα τοῦ Φαίδρου) is the marble platform created in the third century CE[1][2] that served as stage front to the Theatre of Dionysos in Athens.

[5] Framing the scene are two nude male figures each holding a shield, these have been conjectured to be either korybantes or kouretes.

[6] The next slab represents the bestowing of the gift of wine, the introduction of the worship of Dionysos to Attica and alludes to the beginnings of tragedy.

[9] It is evident from the way in which the sculptures have been cut down in size to fit their present placement, and for chronological reasons, that they are reused, secondary material.

No conclusive solution has been put forward for the original date or location of the sculptures, though it has been suggested that they may have been meant for the scaenae frons of the high pulpitum built during the first half of the second century.