DATES:
Olympic games dates: Friday 13 - Sunday 29 August 2004
(Paralympic games dates: Friday 17 - Tuesday 28 September 2004)
The Olive wreath emblem of the Athens Games
(The olive wreath was the prize of the ancient Olympian athletes)
(The colours of white on a blue background symbolize the national colours of Greece)
Athens Olympic Organizing Committee (ATHOC) logo
The Athens 2004 Olympic mascots Athena and Phivos
Torch Lighting Ceremony in Olympia
The torch is ignited from a solar reflector
Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
(13 August 2004)
The Olympic circles formed by burning gas in the artificial lake
Boy sails across lake in origami boat
Laser light starts to form a spiralling DNA molecule representation
The glowing pregnant women representing the future
Dramatic Minoan figures
Minoan snake priestess
Statues of the Greek classical period
The Caryatids - statues of women from the south porch of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis
Statue depicting the Greek theatre
A Brazilian athlete waves as the parade of athletes enters the stadium
Olympic Games Closing Ceremony
(29 August 2004)
Darlin', nice
of you to think of 
being part of an historical Olympics. 
to all the HHH'ers. 
MFP
