See all the latest news from Greece and the world at Greekreporter. Contact our newsroom to report an update or send your story, photos and videos. Follow GR on Google News and subscribe here to our daily email! GR News. Greek News. All Archaeology Art Charity Crime. Greece Records 20, Cases of Covid Greece Records 20, Cases of Covid January 13, Nudity was unfortunately not appropriate in this context, out of respect for international religious sensibilities — such a pity for a civilisation that was not at all ashamed of the human body.
Having seen the international appeal of the OPENING CEREMONY, it seems that mainstream notions of producing large-scale shows with the lowest common denominator in mind, and the overrated rule that a show must be logically understood rather than emotionally experienced need to be reconsidered. The entire advertising industry premise of researching what the audience wants in order deliver to it to them should be overturned; creative vision should be the only guide. As for me, I am grateful to have gambled in such a way and to have survived the experience.
Kostas Georgoussopoulos — "Ta Nea" newspaper, 14 August A Worthy Endeavour …Ideological and moral objections one may have regarding the debasement and commercialisation of the Olympics aside, when the Games return to their historic birthplace, we have a duty to remind the entire world of the logical, ethical, political and aesthetic thought that bore them. The decision to entrust this great educational, historical and aesthetic sentiment to a contemporary Greek amateur of genius was inspired.
I use the word "amateur" here in its original, ancient sense: just like Makriyannis, Theofilos, Tsitsanis, Koon, the craftsmen of Pyrsoyanni, and the mantinada bards of Karpathos before him, Dimitris Papaioannou is, literally speaking, an untrained autodidact.
He combines good taste with humbleness, and his reflections on life are devoid of inanity. And last night, this ingenious renaissance artist proved himself a poet and a mystic. He grasped the overarching spirit of uninterrupted Greek history, honouring the deeply-rooted structure of Greek thought In three-quarters of an hour, Papaioannou managed to narrate the bold endeavour that was the Greek discovery of the world through the use of recognisable symbols and ideas, and values made tangible Greece is.
Kostas Georgoussopoulos is a theatre critic, translator of theatrical texts, poet, essayist, and professor emeritus of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Xydakis — "I Kathimerini" newspaper, 22 August An Image of Ourselves We Liked We glimpsed an image of ourselves in the lucid watery mirror of the athletics stadium, and we liked what we saw.
There was no sourness, no whining, no fault-finding. Just smiles and optimism. The reflection was aware of its inconsistencies; it brought them within itself, where they stirred in its viscera, but they could not hold it back.
Both were soon stripped of their Olympic titles for doping, but the splendor of the venue was not in doubt. Back in Athens, the United States won the most medals, but they didn't win the men's basketball tournament for the first time since professional players were allowed into the games in The gold medal instead went to Argentina, a team led by Manu Ginobili.
On the eve of the opening ceremony, the host country was delivered a blow when its two top sprinters, Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterina Thanou, were apparently injured in a motorcycle crash. Kenteris won the meter gold medal at the Sydney Olympics and Thanou earned silver in the that same year, making them favorites to win at their home games. The pair was soon accused of faking the crash to avoid doping tests. Neither competed at the games.
Michael Phelps, the American swimmer who would win a record eight gold medals in a single games four years later in Beijing, became the first athlete to win eight overall medals six gold and two bronze in a non-boycotted Olympics. Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin won eight medals at the Moscow Games. Usain Bolt competed at the Olympics for the first time, without winning any medals. The Jamaican sprinter ran in the meters but didn't make it out of the first round.
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