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500 Drachmas {500 Drahmes ~ 500 Δραχμές} [€1.47c]
Logo Of The Athens 2004 Olympic Games {Sima Agonon ~ Σήμα Αγώνων}	THE STADIUM IN ANCIENT OLYMPIA {TO STADIO TIS ARHEAS OLIMBIAS ~ ΤΟ ΣΤΑΔΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΑΣ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΣ} In ancient times, Olympia {Olimbia ~ Ολυμπία} was the one and only city that hosted the Olympic Games {Olimbiaki Agones ~ Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες}. Only priests were allowed to reside there. In 23 A.D., there were 3,000 statues in Olympia.
Logo Of The Athens 2004 Olympic Games {Sima Agonon ~ Σήμα Αγώνων}	The Olympic Champion Diagoras {O Olimbionikis Diagoras ~ Ο Ολυμπιονίκης Διαγόρας}
Logo Of The Athens 2004 Olympic Games {Sima Agonon ~ Σήμα Αγώνων}	BARON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN DIMITRIOS VIKELAS {VARONOS PIER NTE KOUBERTEN ~ ΒΑΡΩΝΟΣ ΠΙΕΡ ΝΤΕ ΚΟΥΜΠΕΡΤΕΝ} {DIMITRIOS VIKELAS ~ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ ΒΙΚΕΛΑΣ} [International Olympic Committee] [Sevastopoulion School Of Labour] Movers and fervent supporters of the idea for the resurgence of the Olympic Games [Contents]. In 1896, the city of Athens {Athine ~ Αθήναι} [Place Names] hosted the first Modern Olympic Games which took place in the Kallimarmaron Pan-Athenian Stadium [The Stadium].
Logo Of The Athens 2004 Olympic Games {Sima Agonon ~ Σήμα Αγώνων}	THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION SPIRIDON LOUIS (1873-1940) {O OLIMBIONIKIS SPIRIDON LOUIS ~ Ο ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΝΙΚΗΣ ΣΠΥΡΙΔΩΝ ΛΟΥΗΣ} On April 10th, 1896, during the first Modern Olympics [Contents], Spiridon Louis [People] ran fast and won the Marathon. He was the first Marathon Runner to enter the Kallimarmaron Pan-Athenian Stadium [The Stadium]. Since then, the phrase "Egine Louis" {Έγινε Λούης} (that is "one flew off like Louis") became idiomatic in colloquial Greek and is used to describe somebody who runs like hell in order to avoid, or get away from something. It is interesting to note that five out of the first six Marathon Runners, were Greek.
Logo Of The Athens 2004 Olympic Games {Sima Agonon ~ Σήμα Αγώνων}	The Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony {Afi Olimbiakis Flogas ~ Αφή Ολυμπιακής Φλόγας}
Logo Of The Athens 2004 Olympic Games {Sima Agonon ~ Σήμα Αγώνων}	The Commemorative Medal Of The 1896 Olympics {To Metallio Ton Olimbiakon Agonon Tou 1896 ~ Το Μετάλλιο Των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων Τού 1896} [Contents]