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Olympic Greece

Scaffolding surrounds the Parthenon. The ancient Parthenon (circa 400 BC, the largest Doric temple ever built) sits on the Acropolis hill surrounded by global tourists and scaffolding. Here the modern world's philosophy was born. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics was among the woodland of Ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad will echo both what was great and horrid about the past.

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Scaffolding surrounds the Parthenon. The ancient Parthenon (circa 400 BC, the largest Doric temple ever built) sits on the Acropolis hill surrounded by global tourists and scaffolding. Here the modern world's philosophy was born. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics was among the woodland of Ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad will echo both what was great and horrid about the past.
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