Source: Atlas Obscura
In ancient Greece, yearly theater competitions sponsored by choregoi, wealthy patrons of the dramatic arts, were held in the Theater of Dionysus. The chorēgos who sponsored the winning performance received a prize, a large trophy in the form of a bronze tripod.
In 334 BC, Lysicrates received the first of such prizes and commissioned a monument for his trophy.
The monument sits on Tripidon Street (Street of the Tripods), the ancient road that led from the city entrance to the…
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