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Let’s travel in classical
Greece 2500 years ago
and dream…
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We will go back to 776 BC when the Greeks decided to meet every four years at Olympia, at the sanctuary of
the god Zeus and compete in his honor.
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During the games all hostilities and wars stopped, so that the athletes and spectators
could be able to travel safely to Olympia
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These games were named The Olympic Games and are held even today,
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after their revival in
Athens in 1896 by Pierre de
Koumpertain,
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when the most popular event, the Marathon Run, took place for the first time.
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Apart from the Olympic Games, which are perhaps the most important sporting event, the Greeks created a great civilization, on which the
entire human thought of nowadays is based.
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They built great works of art
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such as temples and statues,
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the beauty and harmony of which is unparalleled.
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During the Ancient Greek times Literature and Poetry were
cultivated,
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Theater were developed reaching their highest peak.
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philosophy
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Significant discoveries were made in Mathematics
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Astronomy
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Medicine, which were of immeasurable
value to humanity
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All this could not have been recorded and saved, if the Greeks had not created the first
phonetic alphabet, which was the basis of the Latin alphabet.
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Most important of all they founded the regime of democracy with the direct participation of citizens
at civic issues.
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All these are the common heritage of all people that we must preserve and pass on to
future generations.
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They were passed on to us from Greece with the challenge that we are not only their heirs but
also their successors.
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