Language: in French in Italian in Greek

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PROMETHEIA 2011

Dreitägige kulturelle Veranstaltungen am Fuß des Olym

30/6 & 1, 2, 3/07/2011

Veranstaltungen zu Ehren,
der Präsentation und der Förderung
der antiken griechischen Weltsicht

Die PROMETHEIA sind der Höhepunkt unter den Veranstaltungen zur Förderung des antiken griechischen Geistes. Der Professor an der Universität zu Stockholm, Tryfon Olympios, wurde dazu inspiriert und war ihr erster Organisator. Sie entwickelten sich zu einer gesamtgriechischen Zeremonie und vollenden dieses Jahr bereits das 16. Jahr ihrer kontinuierlichen Präsenz.

Zahlreiche Besucher aus ganz Griechenland, aber auch dem Ausland kommen jedes Jahr in der wundervollen naturbelassenen Landschaft des Prometheus-Haines an den Ausläufern des Olymp zusammen, um unter dem strahlend blauen Himmel am Berg der Götter zu zelten. Sie lernen die antiken griechischen Ideale kennen, ehren die antiken Philosophen und Philosophenschulen mit öffentlichen Diskussionen und Veranstaltungen, verfolgen künstlerische, kulturelle und rituelle Darbietungen, atmen die frische, belebende Luft ein, schließen Bekanntschaften und tauschen Meinungen aus, und kommen so in Kontakt mit der Weltanschauung der antiken Griechen.

Die Weltanschauung der antiken Griechen drückte sich durch ihre Lebensweise (Sitten und Gebräuche, die in vollem Einklang zu ihrer Ehrfurcht vor der Natur standen), durch ihre sozialen und kulturellen Werte, ihre Teilnahme am Gemeinschaftsleben und ihr Aufzeigen des wahren Sinns des Bürgerdaseins, ihre Bereitschaft, die von ihnen geschaffenen Einrichtungen kämpferisch zu verteidigen, die philosophische Suche, die wissenschaftliche Forschung, die Künste sowie ihre Auffassung vom Göttlichen aus, das die mythologische und psychologische Grundlage für die griechische Weltanschauung und die griechische Kultur bildete. Diese Elemente waren für unsere Vorfahren eng miteinander verknüpft, und für den, der sie heute verstehen möchte, bilden sie eine Einheit. Wir sind der Meinung, dass eine Annäherung an sie Erfordernis und Notwendigkeit für das heutige Dasein darstellt.

Die Veranstaltungen beginnen am Freitagnachmittag mit der Eröffnungsfeier. Es folgen Musikaufführungen, eine philosophische Abendrunde und Filmvorführungen. Am Samstagvormittag (2. Veranstaltungstag) werden die philosophischen Diskussionen mit der Philosophie des Epikur fortgesetzt, etwas später finden Rezitationen von Gedichten, sportliche Wettkämpfe, Musik und Vorträge von vertonten Orphischen Hymnen statt.

Die Hauptveranstaltung der drei Tage sind die Mysterienspiele (Samstagabend), die sich auf die symbolische und transzendentale Dimension der griechischen Mythologie mittels einer künstlerischen Annäherung beziehen. Diese Schauspiele zeigen, basierend auf der Tragödie von Aischylos, wie Prometheus einst das symbolische Feuer vom Olymp zu den Menschen gebracht hat, und ziehen wegen ihrer überwältigenden Atmosphäre, der Ergriffenheit und der starken Emotionen, die sie hervorrufen, Tausende Zuschauer an. Der Abend wird mit einem dionysischen Tanzfest abgeschlossen, das von seelischer Erhebung und Ekstase erfüllt ist und bis spät in die Nacht von allen Anwesenden gefeiert wird.

Die Morgenstunden des Sonntag sind der Feier der Sommersonnenwende und der rituellen Namensgebung von altgriechischen Namen an alle, die es möchten, gemäß den antiken Traditionen gewidmet. Es folgt eine öffentliche Diskussion aller Anwesenden rund um die Themen, die sich mit der Wiederanknüpfung an den antiken griechischen Geist beschäftigen.

Diese Wiederanknüpfung an die antike, weltweit geschätzte und immer aktuelle altgriechische Zivilisation präsentieren und fördern wir bei den Veranstaltungen der Prometheia. Nicht als sterile Verehrung einer toten Vergangenheit, sondern als Ausdruck des lebenden und fließenden Wortes jener, von denen die verständige Menschheit anerkennt, dass sie ihnen alles zu verdanken hat. Als Zündstoff für ein aktuelles und fruchtbares Nachdenken über Auswege aus der Sackgasse von heute, mit Denkrichtung und Bezugsrahmen die Weltanschauung jener.

Die Prometheia 2011 finden am 30/6 & 1, 2, 3/07 statt. Willkommen bei den Prometheia-Festen sind alle, die fühlen, dass die Gedankenklarheit und die Werte der antiken Griechen ein Sprungbrett für die geistige Wiedergeburt und den Widerstand gegen die Massengleichmachungsmechanismen unserer Zeit sein können.

Contact: promitheia@gmail.com

Language: in English in French in Greek in German

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PROMITIA 2011

L’ evento piú grande di spirito Greco antico

Festa di tre giorni alla montagna Olimpo (30/6 & 1, 2, 3/07/2011)

Promitia é la piú grande manifestazione per la promozione di spirito greco antico. É stata ispirata ed é stata realizzata dal professore di filosofia dell’ università di Stoccolma, Sig. Trifon Olimpios, e oggi è stata diventata una istituzione di tutti i greci, con una presenza incessante di 16 anni.

Un grande numero di uomini dalla Grecia e dall’ estero si incontrano ogni anno ai magnifici dintorni naturali del Boschetto di Promiteas ai piedi della montagna Olimpo per scambiare idee, per onorare i filosofi antici (venerdì, il primo giorno della festa), per respirare la fresca aria della compagna, per accamparsi sotto il cielo azzurro della montagna dei Dei. E certo, per vedere eventi culturali e pricipalmente gli eventi del dramma di Promiteas e del fuoco di Promiteas, il quale è stato la pietra angolare della visione greca per il monde e la cultura dei greci.
Questi eventi (sabato sera, il secondo giorno della festa) attraggono migliaia di uomini a causa dell’ emozione profonda e dell’ atmosfera misteriosa che provocano. Dopo l’ evento principale, c’ è una festa di Dionisos fino al tardi della notte. Domenica mattina (il terzo giorno della festa), avvengono fatti come la pulizia, l’ attribuzione dei nomi e la cerimonia del solstizio.

Questo anno Promitia saranno realizzati le 30/6 & 1, 2, 3/07/2011. Durante gli eventi di tre giorni, tutti quelli che considerano essi stessi come discendenti spiritosi della cultura greca e della civiltà greca, siano benvenuti.

Pensiamo che sia indispensabile la riassociazione del mondo moderno e dell’ umanità ai valori antici, alla cultura ed alla moralità. Noi crediamo che questi valori siano indispensabili per la creazione di una società del futuro, che sara basata alla virtù ed alla saggezza, e per un Uomo universale della libertà e della creazione.

Momenti dagli eventi di “Promitia” che avvengono sulla montagna Olimpo

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PROMITHEIA 2011

Une manifestation sublime de esprit Grec ancien

Fêtes de trois jours à la montagne Olympe (30/6 & 1, 2, 3/07/2011)

PROMITHEIA constitue la plus grande manifestation pour la promotion de esprit grec ancien. Ayant comme inspirateur et promoteur le professeur de université Stockholm, M. Tryfon Olympios, Promitheia est devenue une institution panhellénique  avec une présence incessante de 16 années.Un très grand nombre de visiteurs provenant de toute la Grèce et de pays étrangers est concentré chaque année au magnifique milieu naturel du Bois de Prométhée, aux pieds de la montagne Olympe pour échanger de idées, rendre hommages aux philosophes anciens (vendredi, le premier jour des manifestations), respirer le air vivifiant, faire du camping en montant leurs tentes et pour que beaucoup de entre eux passent une nuit blanche en discutant sous le ciel plein détoiles de la Montagne des Dieux. Et, surtout, les visiteurs peuvent être initiés à esprit patrimonial en suivant les spectacles du drame prométhéen et du feu prométhéen, qui ont constitué le soubassement mythologique et psychologique de la vision grecque du monde et la civilisation grecque. Ces spectacles (samedi soir, le deuxième jour des manifestations) attirent milliers de spectateurs à cause de émotion intense et du recueillement profond quils provoquent, Après, une fête dionysiaquecommence qui dure jusque tard dans la nuit. Dimanche matin, (troisième jour des manifestations) on fait des épurations, des attributions des noms, et des mariages conformément au cérémonial de la tradition grecque pre-chrétienne.

PROMITHEIA de cette année-ci aura lieu le 30/6 & 1, 2, 3/07/2011

Des délégations des organes collectifs ou des individus de tous les pays du monde, qui se sentent descendants spirituels de éducation grecque et de la civilisation grecque, sont bienvenus à ces manifestations de trois jours.

Notre joie sera très grande si vous honorez ces manifestations avec votre présence. Tous ceux qui ne veulent pas faire du camping et préfèrent rester dans un hôtel peuvent nous informer pour que nous les envoyions une liste complète des hôtels de la région pour réserver de chambres à temps.

À tout cas, nous espérons que cette information sera le motif pour une meilleure connaissance et un resserrement de nos liens, de toutes les personnes, comme nous,  intéressées au rattachement du monde moderne et de l humanité prudente à toutes les valeurs, l éducation et la moralité représentées par la philosophie et le mode de vie Grec. Nous pensons que cest un rattachement indispensable pour une société future établie sur la connaissance et la vertu et pour un homme universel de liberté, de création et de lélévation de notre espèce.

Instantanie de fête de Promitheia a la montagne Olympe.

Hymn to the Nature (Physi), Prometeheia 2011

Hymn to Apollo

Snapshots from Prometheia Festival 2009

Acts (dromena) from Prometheia Festival 2009

Snapshots from Prometheia Festival 2008

Acts (dromena) from Prometheia Festival 2008

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“Kaveiros” is a yank musical group.

The members of the musical group of Kaveiros, played and sang in Prometheia Festival 2008 the Orphic Hymns.

Orphic Hymn towards Ares. Title: Ares Anax (King Ares)

Orphic Hymn towards Nature

Orphic Hymn towards Persephoni

Orphic Hymn towards Dionysus

All those videos are from AtreidisSerapeios

Prometheia 2008: Watch this video-slides from the events of the firtst day

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· Prometheia 2008, Second day, part I: View Slides

· Prometheia 2008, Second day, part II: View Slides

· Prometheia 2008, Third day: View Slides

Prometheia 2008: Watch this video-slides from the events of the Second day, part I

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See the video-slides from the others days of the events:

· Prometheia 2008, First day: View Slides

· Prometheia 2008, Second day, part II: View Slides

· Prometheia 2008, Third day: View Slides

Prometheia 2008: Watch this video-slides from the events of the Second day, part II

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See the video-slides from the others days of the events:

· Prometheia 2008, First day: View Slides

· Prometheia 2008, Second day, part I: View Slides

· Prometheia 2008, Third day: View Slides

Prometheia 2008: Watch this video-slides from the events of the Third day

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See the video-slides from the others days of the events:

· Prometheia 2008, First day: View Slides

· Prometheia 2008, Second day, part I: View Slides

· Prometheia 2008, Second day, part II: View Slides

This article was written in February 2009.

The first modern Hellenic Temple has almost been built (photo) and soon, the official ceremony will be done. Dedicated to the Gods and to our Greek ancestors, delivered to the admiration of every individual that honors the Greek wisdom and basic and moral principles, dominate inside a green environment with virgin vegetation.

The Hellenic Temple of the Hellenes is built at the area of Oreokastro (“Beautiful castle” in English), few kilometers outside Thessaloniki. It is located in a big and green private place and neighbours on a small forest with virgin vegetation (of the same property), near a small river full of trees.

photo: January 2009

Inside this small forest, on a small flat within the wild vegetation, dominates the marble statue of Hera, whereas at the path between the trees, while the visitor walks, is able to see the ceramic resemblances of Heracles and Poseidon. The park is about to be decorated with more ceramic and marble statues, while the reformation works of the park with small marble paths paved with slabs (in order to become easier for the visitors to walk, because there is steep gradient in some parts of the park) and wooden constructions of benches and seats for relaxation, conversations and Greek symposiums within nature, have already been started. The works stopped (temporarily) due to the bad weather and will be continued when the weather becomes better.

At the Temple’s yard dominates the marble statue of the Goddess Demeter which weighs 2 tons. In her hands she holds sheaf of wheat.

At the same space is placed the marble statue of Aphrodite (weighs 1,5 tons, right photo). In this case was preferred the depiction of the statue of the Aphrodite of Milos (Venus de Milo) as it is survived nowadays.

Marble statue, is also the statue of the Kourotrofos Artemis (as the Goddess who protects the infants, left photo) who holds 3 cute little children, while at the center dominates the marble complex of the Charites (below photo).

Left: Goddess Themis, at the internal of the Temple. She has her eyes blindfolded, holds the balance with her left hand and the sword with her right hand. Right: You can see Trofos at the yard of the Temple. She holds a vessel from which flows the nectar. Bronze statues.

Bronze is the statue of Trofos, 1,90m high. A beautiful young woman that holds a vessel from which flows, symbolically, the nectar. At the yard, there are apophthegms of the ancient Greek wisdom and basic and moral principles, like the «Gnothe safton» (Know thyself), «Eso egrates» (Be abstemious), «Meden Agan» (Do not exaggerate), «Metron areston» (Moderation in everything), «Eso enaretos» (Be virtuous) etc.

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There are still works to be done at the yard’s space, one of which is the construction of the central altar. They will start again, as I have already said, when the weather gets better. These works and the constructions are being done manually by the owner of this huge space (inspirer and founder of the Hellenic Temple) with the voluntary help of some friends and members of Hellenic clubs that stand by his side in this work. Owner, creator and founder of the Hellenic Temple is Mr. Aristoteles Kakogeorgiou (right photo).

Aristoteles Kakogeorgiou is a veteran world class Marathoner, who has won many medals. At the same time, he is president of the Marathon Club  of  Makedonia, a club that has the responsibility of organizing 5 Marathons annually at the area of Macedonia.

Mr Kakogeorgiou did all the plans of this monumental project (for an individual) alone, summoned up all his strength and implemented the plans, working at the biggest part of this project manually. He traveled abroad in search of sculptor’s studios for the construction of expensive marble and bronze statues, sculptors who worked and completed them, according to his instructions.

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The temple’s direction is from East to West, while the front part of the temple is built on a base that has stairs. It consists of a squared building surrounded by simple columns (same number/side), compact, without stripes.

The columns stand on bases and have chapiters of Ionic order.

The epistyle is compact. At the back part of the temple, the epistyle has a decoration of meanders in all of his length (some temples have had  decoration on the epistyle, like the temple of Assos). At the front of the temple the epistyle has no decoration, but  there is written at the center the ancient Greek saying “GNOTHE SAFTON” (Know yourself).

The fronton (aetoma) is based directly on the entablature. The entablature consists of the epistyle and the copestone, without metope or zoforos (frieze), as it was used to in Ionic Temples of Asia Minor.

The colors that dominate, as an imitation of ancient temples, are the red and the blue.

The system of the masonry, imitates the one of the ancient temples (ashlaring  false-ashlaring), without meaning that the size and the analogy fit exactly with the structure of the ancient constructions.

The gates are not, of course, the proper because the security of the construction was the priority. There will be built gates with wooden lining, close to the ancient model of temple-structure.

The internal of the temple is symbolically decorated with paintings that Mr. Kakogeorgiou did himself with a lot of work and love, inspired from the greek history and mythology, as well as with statues of Gods.

The most important thing in a temple is undoubtedly the altar, that will be constructed soon.

In the same space, a little further from the temple, has been constructed a big and elegant indoor space, which is well-lighted for the organization of meetings, galas, conferences, symposiums, sessions, seminaries, events etc., that promote the ancient spirit and the ancient Greek culture.

All these things we talk about don’t have commercial purpose. The temple, the surroundings, the events room etc. will have free access to the visitors, as well as all the admirers of the ancient Greek culture.

As Mr. Kakogeorgiou declared: «My intention was to create a work like this with conscientiousness and love. A home, inside of which, the Greek Gods and Heroes deserve to rest and to become a space for everyone who think according to the Greek spirit, without regard to one’s race and nationality. I took into consideration both the East and West in order to place the direction of the construction, but I didn’t follow the exact ancient models. I know the constructional weaknesses. I want to note that it is very difficult to construct a temple with the exact ancient models, because in order to achieve the exact models, it needs many and different technical groups, as well as studies from architectural offices, something that will make the cost unbearable for an individual. If I had followed the classical specifications, my financial strength would have been enough to place only the initial foundations. But for me, it was and it still is very important to exist a resemblance of a Temple. It was something spontaneous to implement an eager desire for a Hellenic Temple in Northern Greece (Makedonia)».

Mr. Aristoteles Kakogeorgiou

We should remind that the ancient temple had in many cases the form of a simple home (e.g., the early Hera’s temple in Samos, Apollo’s in Thermo of Aetolia, Eretrias’s temple, but also whatever survived in the area of Macedonia until late classics and the early Hellenistic years, like Demeter’s temple in Dion, Zeus’s temple in Florina etc.

However, it is true that the architectonical and the aesthetics knowledge is not enough for the construction of a temple, close to the classical masterpieces of our ancestors, if there isn’t the financial strength in order to realize such an architectural plan. But, instead of waiting for a possible sponsor and not do anything until then, we choose to act, even if we disappoint few of the admirers of the ancient Greek art who have high demands concern the design, but… are waiting others to take the initiative. Nowadays is more important the existence of a Temple, that can be useful as a start for even better, richer and aesthetically completed constructions. Let’s hope others will follow this example and make it even more perfect.

For all of us here in Thessaloniki, the existence of a Temple can not be judged only by its aesthetics. We think it is more important the vitality and the soul with which it will be invested. Consequently, the Temple of the Greeks and the surroundings are operational, and after the completion of the remained works and its dedication (in May approximately), it will become a place of everyday meetings of anyone who think according to the Greek spirit and admire it. It will become a place functional and alive for events, galas, ceremonies and of anything else that boosts the elevation and exposure of the perception of the ancient Greeks.

It is very important that the administration of the Municipality of Oreokastro and its citizens support this initiative and consider it as a jewel for their place.

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