The revival of the Olympic Games
The Chronicle of the games
The modern Greek state in the late 19th century saw the Olympic
Games as a link between the ancient and modern Hellenic culture,
contributing thus to the development of a national ideology.
Furthermore, the games were associated with the demand for
the nation's cultural and intellectual revival. From the atmosphere
that was prevalent in the country during that period it is
evident that there had been an effort to equate the two cultures,
modern and ancient. Moreover, the Olympic Games proved to
be an outlet for the expression of the international optimism
for the new age. This festive mood is evident in Charles Beck's
album
Oi Olympiakoi Agones
, 776 BC - 1896 (The Olympic
Games, 776 BC - 1896), published in 1896. We present this
chronicle of the Games as a legacy of those times:
- 1
st
day, March 25
th
- 2
nd
day, March 26
th
- 3
rd
day, March 27
th
- 4
th
day, March 28
th
- 5
th
day, March 29
th
- 6
th
day, March 30
th
- 7
th
day, March 31
st
- 8
th
, 9
th
and 10
th
day, 1
st
, 2
nd
and 3
rd
April.
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