The Hellenic Society

Prometheas

Presents a Video and Panel Discussion

Reflections on the Athens 2004 Olympics

An event to celebrate the successful completion of the 2004 Games.

Prof. Alexander Kitroeff

Haverford College

Author of Wrestling with the Ancients: Modern Greek Identity and the Olympics (2004). 

Panel moderator and participant.

Achilles Paparsenos, Press Officer, Zappeion, Foreign Media Center

Alketas Panagoulias, Venue Manager, Olympic Football Tournament

Dr. Basil Economopoulos, Volunteer-Medical Services

Steve Raptakis, Volunteer-Technology/Communications in Dekeleia

Stavros Manolakos, Volunteer-Baseball –Field Marshall

Sophia Adamantiades, FBI Intelligence Analyst, Olympics Deployment

The program will begin at 7:30 pm with a video presentation of the opening and closing ceremonies. The panel discussion on reflections and personal experiences, lasting about one hour, will be followed by a question and answer session. The discussion will be moderated by Prof. Alexander Kitroeff, the well-known historian of the Olympic Games and speaker to Prometheas last January.

Friday, October 29, 2004 at 7:30 pm

St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Founders Hall

7701 Bradley Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20817

The Prometheas Greek Books Table will be available. Refreshments will be served.