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UNESCO lists the Acropolis, including the Theatre of Dionysus landscape

The Theatre of Dionysus sits in that landscape. In the causal graph this event strengthens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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In 1987 UNESCO inscribed the Acropolis. The Theatre of Dionysus sits in that landscape. The listing is a completed conservation-policy act, not a fifth-century didascalia.

Context

Tourism and conservation fight on the same slope. Medium confidence.

Sophocles is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

A 1987 polygon is not a 441 win.

A 1987 polygon is not a 441 win.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Sophocles

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.2 · verified

    Transmitted plays under his name plus later editors, actors, or states. Complex, not an autograph of 441.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Hellenic Ministry of Culture — English portalHellenic Ministry of Culture · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.UNESCO — Acropolis, AthensUNESCO World Heritage Centre · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, and museums are not converted into extra lifetime acts. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself. Confidence is stated on the impact path. A later English edition is not a recovered autograph. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Confidence is stated on the impact path.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorSophocles
  2. contributed toFactUNESCO lists the Acropolis, including the Theatre of Dionysus landscape
  3. strengthensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). UNESCO lists the Acropolis, including the Theatre of Dionysus landscape. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/so-acropolis-1987

https://factrail.ai/facts/so-acropolis-1987

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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