2nd Primary School of Acharnes

1. The 5th grade visited Panathenaiko Stadium to watch the
lighting of the Olympic Flame
The Winter Youth Olympic Games
‘’Lillehammer 2016’’
in Norway
By the 2nd Primary School of Acharnes
GREECE

2. The lighting of the Olympic flame of the Winter
Youth Olympic Games "Lillehammer 2016" at
the Panathenaiko Stadium of Athens

3. The 5th grade visited Panathenaiko Stadium to watch the
lighting of the Olympic Flame
The weather is beautiful, the sun
is shining and the sky is
cloudless.
We entertain our visit and we
feel awe and excitement that in
our country were born Olympics
Games.

4. This is the Panathenaiko Stadium in Athens.
Here became the first modern Olympics in
1896

5. Now we will give some information about the
Olympic Games.

6. The symbol of the Olympic Games is the five colorful circles
The blue circle symbolizes Europe,the yellow Asia,the black Africa,the
green Oceania and the red America.
The colors of the circles with the white that is the background of the
flag, represent all states of the world, since at least one of the colors
of the flag contained in the flag of every country in the world. Also
the 5 cycles, are united among themselves and this symbolizes
friendship and peace between the peoples of the earth.

7. The Olympic Games celebrated in
Ancient Olympia
in honor of the father of the gods,
Zeus, from the 7th century BC.
The only prize ("athlon") for the
winners of the Olympic Games was a
wreath hat it was made from the
wild olive branch and it is named
“Kotinos”.

8. The Olympic flame is a
symbol of the Olympic
Games.
It is a representation of the
theft of fire of Zeus by
Prometheus.
Its roots lie in ancient Greece,
where a fire kept alive during
the Olympic Games.

9. The high priestess of the holy light
recites invocation to Apollo.

10. • Sacred silence!
• It might sound all the
ether, the earth, the sea
and the breaths of the
winds. Mountains and
Tempe silence. Sounds
and voices birds cease.
Why future to
accompany our Phoebus,
• the Phosphorus King.
Apollo, god of the sun
and the idea of light,
send your rays and lit
the sacred torch for the
hospitable city of ...
(name of the host city).
• And you, oh! Zeus, gave
peace to all the peoples
of the Earth and
crowned the winners of
the Olympic Games.

11. The lighting of the Olympic flame is carried by the rays of
the sun
which are congregated within the concave mirror. After the
lighting, the High Priestess lights the torch of the first
torchbearer, while she keeps unquenchable the flame
throughout the Olympic four years in a special place. Then
follows the torch relay with the holy light.

13. The values and principles that are promoted through the Olympics
are: peace, friendship, brotherhood of peoples, fair play, moderation,
openness, understanding, love, cooperation, the noble competition, the
continuous and sincere effort, perseverance, persistence, targeting,
participation rather than inaction, acceptance, humility the very
opposite of arrogance in victory, the dignified acceptance of defeat
and the use of the self-improvement.

14. The flag of Greece,
of Norway and
of Olympic Games!

15. This is the mascot

16. Places in Athens, Lycabettus and the Greek Parliament

17. Here,our excursion ends. We had a wonderful
time . Thank you to attended us!!
Bye bye!!