Here you will find some links to
places on the Net which we think you may find interesting, and
possibly even Informative. (It has suddenly occurred to us that
re-visiting this page may give the impression of nothing new to
offer, which is often not the case. From December 99 we are therefore
adding new links to the top of the list rather than the bottom, to
make it easier for you to note their newness to our
listing.)
Technitai
Dionusou (The Artists of
Dionysos)is a really splendid site!
So interesting that I got terribly involved at the end of my visit,
running through links, and forgot completely my intention to rush
right back here and list it as a link: don't you make the same
mistake! It is, as you might guess from the title, a site devoted to
Dionysos and things Dionysian, and it does an excellent job. The best
theater links I have encountered, and on my most recent visit, a link
to a site in Hellas that supplies excellent (though expensive) copies
of ancient stautes, even in life size! And which also supplies
replica pottery! But that's just the links: wait till you see the
other stuff, including the Temple.
It is not an easy thing in the season of Dionysos to find
performances of the kind of theater that our Cultural Ancestors
enjoyed. Surfing the net did, however, turn up Didaskalia,
a site connected with a magazine on Ancient Theater, produced
by the University of California at Berkeley. It features a page
devoted to listing performances of the Ancient Plays all around the
world. Alas, the page was last updated in the Summer of 1999, making
it an artifact of the last century; but with luck the people in
charge will get back on the job. And in the meantime, there is a
splendid digital model of the Theater of Dionysos at Athens as it was
in the Roman Period, which is well worth the visit. There are many
other interesting things on the site as well, though it's a shame
they missed out on Shotgun's Bacchae.
And Lest Anyone Forget That The Body Is The
Temple Of the Soul: How Could Anything Could Be More Ancient Hellenic
than The World's Greatest Athlete?
Below therefore please find pictures of Roman
Sebrle of the Czech Republic, the Winner of the Decathlon at Athens
in 2004, and now the World's Greatest Athlete. The picture to the
left is his portrait before the competition. The center picture is of
his competition in the javelin, which took him clearly ahead of his
competitors. To the right is his victory portrait.
Roman Sebrle is currently the only athelete to
have scored 9000 points, although his Olympic score was slightly
lower; but still a record.
May Zeus watch over him in his competitions until
once again the world's athletes gather to restore the Olympic Peace
with honorable contest.
Note: in this year, 2004, the United Nations
called for a resolution of Olympic Peace. Sadly, the nations which
were at war did not bother to heed the resolution. Our prayers go up
to Zeus that someday the Olympic movement will have the force and
power to exclude nations which war during this Sacred Time, and that
nations will take seriously such an exclusion. The athletes who
competed from opposing sides in various wars showed courage and good
sense in treating each other well and respectfully during this time
of honorable competition. May the heads of their nations take
notice.
At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney,
Australia, the winner of the decathlon was Erki Nool, of Estonia. He
won with a score of 8.641, thus succeeding Dan O'Brien to the title.
Below you will find a picture of Erki Nool, and below that a little
more information.
Athletics (or, if you will, Track
and Field) is not a very popular area of sport in the United States.
Americans tend to favor team sports, though of late they seem to have
developed an interest and respect for Tennis, and Golf (which has not
been contested in the Olympics, as I recall, for nearly a hundred
years). In the rest of the world there seems to be more respect for
individual accomplishment. If you would like to know how much, do a
Net search for Erki Nool; and note how many websites, in how many
different languages, you find listed.
Herewith, our congratulations to
Erki Nool, the World's Greatest Athlete, 2000.
***
We Also Offer You the Wonderful Picture
Below. If You Click On It, You Will Be Taken To Dan O'Brien's
Personal Site.
Alas, Dan O'Brien was the World's Greatest
Athlete from 1996 through 2000. An injury prevented him from
competing in the Sydney Olympic Games. It is our hope that he makes a
complete recovery, and comes back strong at Athens in 2004. I realize
that may seem unlikely to some, but O'Brien's attitudes have been
very helpful to me, and I sure hope they are to him. Besides, the
Sydney Games showed the world that just because you are 30 doesn't
mean you are out of the competition.
Hang in there Dan! You've still got some
goals to conquer!
