the orchestra's platform, the altar was in the middle and dedicated to the greek god, Dionysus
No. Altars existed as early as Sumeria (4000-5000 years before Greece).
they killed several new born children
Hestia is the Greek goddess of home, hearth, fire, and altar, this meaning she embodied the ideal of community worship in home and in the city - there was a "temple hearth" in every Greek city and town where the community would worship. Today "hearth and home" embody her essence, as well as to "keep the home fires burning".
It was the Ara Pacis Augustae, or the Altar of Augustan Peace. It is commonly shortened to the two words, Ara Pacis,or Altar of Peace.
Athena slaying the Giant Alcyoneus
it evolved over the centuries from a dancing area in a glade in a forest to a stage with an altar in front of rows of seats in in cities.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe altar (and the priest when he is at the altar) are contained in the sanctuary of the Church.
altar
The "altar stone" is the true altar. The rest of the "altar" is not strictly speaking an altar, but the support for the altar. The altar stone usually has the relics of saints contained within it, and it should be covered with three clothes, although nowadays, many places dispense with the lower two. Symbolically, the linen cloth (the topmost cloth that covers the altar) signifies the linen in which the dead body of Our Lord was wrapped.
adore, atlas, allay, or altar
Ara is the constellation that is known as the Altar, which comes from various ideas from Greek mythology. The Altar was associated with some sacrifices made in various Greek stories.
Theatrical performances were part of festivals in honour of a god, hence the altar before which it was performed. The altar also was later used to keep props and actors which were brought out at the appropriate time.
From the way it sounds, it seems you are referring to the Altar.
so when your on the island you go into one of the rooms with the greek goddesses and you will find a star fish there :)
Altar in the center of the orchestra used to make sacrifices to Dionysus.
No. Altars existed as early as Sumeria (4000-5000 years before Greece).
Greek theatre was part of a religious festival for a god (s). It originally was people singing and dancing around an altar in a forest glade. It developed into a theatre with an altar centrepiece and three actors with a chorus singing and dancing a play, witnessed by an audience seated around on bleachers..