The cover of the Olympic Hymn.
Music by Sp. Samara, poetry by K. Palamas.
"Today I visited Olympia. Believe me, it is worth coming to Greece for this alone. Here antiquity stands before you more vividly, more magnificently than even the Acropolis itself. What I mean is that from the view of these ruins the imagination can recreate the image of antiquity more perfectly. Olympia was not a city, it was a sanctuary. From the aspect of private life, Pompeii is of greater interest; one finds in Nikopolis itself and in Pleuron material for archeological studies which we also find here. Olympia is something entirely different and much superior." - Demetrios Bikelas