At the foothills of the famous Mount Olympus, the home of the ancient gods, and in the Ancient Theatre of Dion, the Directorate of High School Education in Pieria and its Cultural Actions Department organize every year the International Youth Meeting of Ancient Drama, Music and Athletics which is set under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs., titled:<\/p>\n
Theatre, Music and Athletic Games\u00a0 \u201cOlympia in Dion\u201d<\/p>\n
The Games last for nine (9) days and take place from Friday the 18th September to Monday the 28th September. Weekends are not included, and specifically the 19th,20th, 26th, 27th September. Each day is dedicated to each of the nine Pierian Muses who according to Greek Mythology were the patron goddesses of Knowledge, Literature, Arts and Sciences, They were: Calliope, Euterpe, Clio, Erato, Melpomene, Polyhymnia. Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania.<\/p>\n
The event is a revival of the ancient games which were held on the same place, the sacred city of the Macedonians, under the same title; \"Olympia in Dion\".<\/p>\n
In the Ancient Theatre of Dion the great tragic poet Euripides wrote and presented five of his plays and his last masterpiece \"Bacchac\". According to ancient writers, Euripides died and was buried in Pieria. On his tombstone Athenians engraved the following epigram;<\/p>\n
\"\u03a7\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03c4\u03ac\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2, \u0395\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c0\u03af\u03b4\u03b7, \u03b5\u03bd \u03b3\u03c5\u03ac\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9\u03c3\u03b9 \u03a0\u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03b5\u03af \u03bd\u03c5\u03c7\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2 \u03ad\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd 0\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u2026, \u03c9\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd \u03bb\u03ac\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd \u03bd\u03b1\u03af\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b1\u03b3\u03c7\u03cc\u03b8\u03b9 \u03a0\u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u03a7\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03b5 \u0395\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c0\u03af\u03b4\u03b7 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u00a0 \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bd\u00a0 \u03b8\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b1\u03b9\u03ce\u03bd\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bd\u03cd\u03c7\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 (\u03a4\u03ac\u03c6\u03bf) cm \u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03cc\u03c7\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03bf\u03b3\u03c5\u03ac\u03bb\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03a0\u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03c2\u2026 \u0395\u03c3\u03cd \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bb\u03ac\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c8\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u03a0\u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 (\u039c\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03b5\u03c2) \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03c2 \u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2.<\/p>\n
The archaic choral, the dancing and the athletic ceremonies as\u00a0 well as the orpheic mystery events that were held on the slops of Mount Olympus in honor of Zeus the king Archelaus (413~399 b.C) established and highlighted them on a national range, where thousands of pilgrims came from all over the known world. Along with the theatre games, musical and sports games were held too, in which artists and athletes participated from the Greek and later on of Roman cities. The celebrations started with a sacrifice to Olympian Zeus. That is why they are called 'Olympia in Dion\". During the reign of Phillip the II and his son Alexander the III (the Great) 'Olympia in Dion\" became re known all over the world They continued until the Christian times as a nationwide celebration until the games \"Demetria\" succeeded them after Thessaloniki became the capital of Macedonia.
The themes of these games include student performances of Ancient Greek, Latin and other peoples\u2019 Dramas, concerts and athletic meetings of archaic style.
The International Youth Meeting of Ancient Drama, Music and Athletics \"Olympia in Dion\", is not a competitive event.<\/p>\n
Cooperating members of the International Youth Meeting of Ancient Drama, Music and Athletics \"Olympia in Dion\" are:
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Archdiocese of Kitros, Katerini & Platamon
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Region of Central Macedonia
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Aristotle University of Thassaloniki
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 University of Macedonia - Thassaloniki
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Northern Greece State Theater
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Municipality of Katerini
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Municipality of Dion-Olympous
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Municipality of Pydna-Kolindros<\/p>\n
ITS AIMS ARE: With the Application Form Schools\/Universities\/Informal groups, must also Directorate of High School Education in Pieria At the foothills of the famous Mount Olympus, the home of the ancient gods, and in the Ancient Theatre of Dion, the Directorate of High School Education in Pieria and its Cultural Actions Department organize every year the International Youth Meeting of Ancient Drama, Music and Athletics which is set under the auspices of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-embassy-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/finland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/finland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/finland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/finland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/finland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/finland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/finland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/finland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/finland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To\u00a0 present and understand the educational character of early theatrical art as a humanistic universal expression
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To make students approach mid familiarize with important ancient Greek and foreign authors' texts.
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To deeply understand the cultural exchange values which is an international need, recognize and accept eternal ideas and values.
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To communicate and getting to know other cultures and their contribution to diversity of each culture in the creation of worldwide culture.
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To encourage students to develop friendly relations.
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To promote the exchange of experiences between schools and to create new bonds.
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To promote theatrical education for students as a contribute to culture.
-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To highlight the universality of the Ancient Theatre and its everlasting value up to modern times
INFORMATION ABOUT PARTICIPATION
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Schools, Universities and informal groups that are interested in participating in \u201cOlympia in Dion\u201d must send the Application form attached, by email or by post by the end of May, 2015.<\/p>\n
send:
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a DVD ten (10) minutes from the rehearsals
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 photos (rehearsal or previous performance)
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a list with the names of the students and their teacher(s) in charge, in order to be included in the program that will be published. All the above material must be sent to;<\/p>\n
Innovative Actions Department
8, P. Tsaldari Str.
60 100 KATERINI, GREECE
Email:\u00a0 politistika@dide.pie.sch.gr
Phone Numbers: (0030) 23510 46965 or (0030) 23510 46952
Fax: (0030)2351049910
Website: http:\/\/dide.pie.sch.gr
After the end of the procedures, scheduled performance draft will be sent to the elected schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"