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ATHENS 2004

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HERACLES The lader of Idean dactyles is the first organizer of the OLYMPIC GAMES

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OLYMPIC GAMES - MYTH, LEGEND, HISTORY

The Olympic Games are dedicated to Zeus!

"Zeus Father, you who art in Heaven ...". Do you recognize the prayer????

Father of Gods and (Hu)man, the patron of foreigners and strangers.

Credits to Game Age of Mythology

The Cretean Heracles was the leader of idean Dactyls "Kuretes". The Idaean Dactyls or the Cretan Kouretes, spirit-youths (kouroi) acted as guardians of the infant Zeus. In the Greek telling of Zeus' birth, the Kouretes' ritual clashing spears and shields were interpreted as intended to drown out the infant god's cries, and prevent his discovery by his father Cronus.

THE HYMN OF KOURITES
The oldest know hymn to Peace

From the welcoming of the Olympic Flame 2004 in Sitia Crete.
This is the oldest Hymn to PEACE. Music set by Zachos Terzakis.
Crete - In ancient Palaeokastro
Performance -Ancient Greek - Voice Greek

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LYRICS STROPHE 2

Hail.! Greatest Kouros, Son of Kronos
Master of all gone below ground
return to Dikta for the changing year...
for here they took you from Rhea,
babe immortal, the shielded wards
and beat the dance with their feet.
(Literal translation: J.-A. Mac Gillivray)

The Hymn of the Kouretes, "The Kouretes are also, as all primitive magicians are, seers (μαντεις). When Minos in Crete lost his son Glaukos he sent for the Kouretes to discover where the child was hidden. Closely akin to this magical aspect is that fact that they are metal-workers. Among primitive people metallurgy is an uncanny craft and the smith is half medicine man."

These male dancers in armor, kept time to a drum and the rhythmic stamping of their feet. Dance, according to Greek thought, was one of the civilizing activities, like wine-making or music. The dance in armor (the "pyrrhic dance" or pyrriche) was a male coming-of-age initiation ritual linked to a warrior victory celebration.

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Comment by Voula on August 22, 2008 at 1:40pm: Thank you for the invitation Georgie, it's nice to be here.

Have a wonderful day.
Love Voula.

Comment by PHILOXENIA on August 12, 2008 at 2:35am: Elizabeth!
I did not ask but I made use of our Work!

Akia and Deborah! Nice to see you in here!
I will give information on how they practiced the games at ancient ages.

Georgios

Comment by Deborah J. Boyd on August 12, 2008 at 12:20am: great idea. maybe we could compare ancient atheletes to modern?

Comment by PHILOXENIA on August 11, 2008 at 9:40pm: More ancient dances!

Apollo was the God for creating and producing. That was not good alone so we created Dionysos, a new god, to enjoy what we created and produced.

Click above (Nice video clip- Credits to Elisabeth Frauendorfer)

The dance is from ancient Thracia so the traditional bell-bearers. The Carnival is another Holy Hellenic Event. Whatever they are teaching you in school about it is not right.

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Comment by PHILOXENIA on August 11, 2008 at 3:44pm: The Pyrrhichic Dance

This is one of the oldest known war dances. It is a dance from the Pontian Hellenic tradition and heritage. Following clip is from the Opening Ceremony Athens 2004.

The dance Pentozalis of the K(u)retes)

Annd ... the dance of dances PYRRHICHIC DANCE
"The pyrrhichic danse is a gift to humans from the gods"
[PLATO]

Click above to watch for both.
Performance Athens Olympics 2004

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