Olympia

Visitors look at the exhibits from the collection of Stratos Klimou, during a temporary exhibition of historic Olympic torches in Ancient Olympia, Tuesday. Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. [Reuters]

ANCIENT OLYMPIA - A priestess prays to a dead sun god in front of a fallen Greek temple. If the sky is clear, a flame spurts that will burn in Paris throughout the world's top sporting event. Speeches ensue.

On Tuesday, the flame for this summer's Paris Olympics was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece in a meticulously choreographed ceremony.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA - No one knows what music in ancient Greece sounded like or how dancers once moved.

Every two years, a new interpretation of the ancient performance gets a global audience. It takes place in southern Greece at a site many still consider sacred: the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

It is a collaboration between the Ministry of Culture and Sports and Microsoft called “Ancient Olympia: Common Place”

The Fire Brigade ordered the evacuation of Ancient Olympia

Olympia Dukakis was the sister of 1988 Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis

Olympia in Paris.

Acclaimed Greek-American actress Olympia Dukakis will be receiving a lifetime achievement award at the December 25 closing ceremony of the online Bridges International Film Festival of Corinth. The last day of the event will also include all-day screenings of its short-film selections, providing an overview of this year's offerings.

Olympia Odos Chief Executive Panayiotis Papanikolas on Monday said the company's new system of toll charges based on kilometers traveled that comes into effect on January 1, will be "a revolution in domestic transport," in statements to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA). 

After months of negotiations, Public, a company owned by Panos Germanos' Olympia Group, and MediaMarkt Hellas, a subsidiary of German group MediaMarkt-Saturn, on Tuesday announced they are forming a new venture, with Olympia holding a 75 percent stake and MediaMarkt-Saturn 25 percent.