la miglior cerimonia mai fatta nella storia dell'olimpiade complmenti alla grecia, forza grecia supererete anche questo momento siete un popolo ricco di storia le vostre origini sono troppe nobile per cadere cosi in basso, Siete un popolo che avete regalato il dono della belezza dell'arte
why do people come watch something so cool and beautiful just to start arguments. The Olympics are one of the only times nations can come together and have friendly competition without trying to start wars or blow each other up!! This is why there probably will never be world peace, to many ignorant people out there. Just enjoy the beauty and history of this and quit bitching about everything!
Who cares if Alexander the great is grek or yugolsavian macedonian??There wa 2300 years ago no Greece , no FYROM.....it is crazy..it would be the same to say Jesus was israeli....
@Petrakis75 You don't need to have a state to be called a nation.if you read history,you would see that the Greeks maybe didn't have one state country,but they had city states..but it doesn't mean that they weren't one nation.otherwise they wouldn't fight Persians as one nation.So maybe for you it doesn't matter but for us it matters,cause Greece always existed and Macedonia is our word and soul and land....because we lived there for thousand years before Yugo-Slavs came to Balkans...got it!!!
This is the most beautiful and amazing opening ceremony ever seen...and in the country where everything started ...Greetings from Italy..and all the best wishes to the wonderful country which Greece is
@MyMurphysLaw actually my friend the commentators don't have ANY clue about Hellenic History!!! The green one is not Poseidon! He is the Charioteer of Delfi!!! Have a nice day!!!
i was surprised that the Mask of Agamemnon and the Karyatids got no mention at all! and the Auriga (said here: "that green one is Posiedon" really pissed me off. Other than that, one of the best opening ceremonies hands down
@parsifal3142 Protecting our national sovereignty, history and civilisation was always our top priorities! The Parthenon marbles MUST return where they belong to. Greece has now Acropolis Museum which was voted officially as the best museum of the world, therefore UK has zero excuses to deny the return of the stollen Parthenon marbles back to their home. The marbles must reunite with the rest fragments. BRING THEM BACK
this is GREECE,the motherland of SOCRATES,PLATO, ARISTOTELES,PYTHAGORA,SOFOCLES,EURIPIDES,HOMER, ALEXANDER THE GREAT... and so many others. But Also :MARIA CALLAS.ARISTOTELIS ONASIS,KAZANTZAKIS,the nobelist SEFERIS ,the nobelist ELITIS,NANA MOUSHOURI,MELINA MERKOURI and so so so so many others...
5:00 A strong message to Britain to return the STOLEN by Lord Elgin Parthenon marbles. The figures from Parthenon's pediment reunite with the fragments that are currently hold by the British Museum. These artworks MUST RETURN back to their homeland and placed in the new world-leading Acropolis Museum in Athens.
This is STILL The Best Olympic Opening Ceremony ever made! Truly a masterpiece... Amazed by all, music, characters, performance... and greek history above all! Congrats from Portugal
The dislikes in this video have got to be from the Slavic Monkeydonians of FYRO"M" turning all red-faced from rage and jealousy due to witnessing Alexander the Great pass by!! HAHAHA!! Alexander was GREEK!! Macedonia is forever GREECE!!
yeah,of course aztecs and maya and incas had incredible cultures but their dark side was to sacrefise humans for their gods,basing their destiny to magicians and priests who were controlling people's lives and making them suffer and live like slaves,at least we didn't suffer that,our motto from ancient years till now is live free-think free
το κλαδι ελιας το προσφερει στο Σπυρο Λουη τον πρωτο νικητη του μαραθωνιου και οχι στον αμερικανο αθλητη του αλμα εις τριπλουν ηλιθιοι αμερικανοι!! ηταν γραμμενο στα κειμενα σας ή παλι αυτοσχεδιασατε και οπως συνηθως μπερδεψατε την βουρτσα με τη λουτσα?? ηλιθιοι!
they try to make us a third world country,they try to suck out our blood,to steal our properties,to erase us from the map,to mix us with other nations,to controll us...even if they succeed it will be for a while because even if there is only one greek left on the planet, greece can be reborn...our spirit cannot die and our contribution to the world is a fact that can never change no matter what....
@HTownCountryFan there is no Zeus presented on the queue,only Athena goddess protector of the city with other ancient figures like Lapithes and Giants who were sculpted on Acropolis by Fedias,the correspontent who describes it made a mistake
i am from colombia but i wanna see a mexican olympics ceremony! will be extremely powerful to se the aztecs and the mayas cultures represented. those cultures kick greek's asses... ! but, it doesn't mean that this is not beautiful, of course it is!
@eljuli1003 ..."kick greek's asses..." First of all Aztecs were canniballs and second maybe Mayas were indeed a great civilization but it seems that the Hellenic civilization was and still is the most influential!!! Saludos desde Athena!!!!
@eljuli1003 saying 'kick greece's ass' when referring to culture is completely irrational, insane and nonsensical at the same time. like saying an ape can solve a math problem better than a person. with respect
@eljuli1003 lol. Mayas hadn't even discovered the wheel! See wikipedia about that. Sorry, but you cannot even think to compare the civilizations you refer to with smaller European civilizations than the Greek one, not even the Greek one
ΑΝΑΤΡΙΧΙΑΣΑ!!!!! Α ΡΕ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΡΑ ΜΟΥ!!!! ΕΙΜΑΙ ΤΟΣΟ ΠΕΡΗΦΑΝΗ ΚΑΤΑΓΟΜΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΧΩΡΑ ΠΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΕ ΤΗΝ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΝ ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗ, ΚΑΙ ΟΧΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΧΩΡΑ ΠΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΕ ΤΟΝ ΧΙΤΛΕΡ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΝ ΦΑΣΙΣΜΟ!!!!!!
Me siento tan feliz de ver esto, la cultuta que tanto quiero y a la que tanto admiro...reordar esto es maravilloso, yo tení 15 cuando lo diero y aún hoy me parece la mejor ceremonia de la historia.
I love how they put some white paint on those modern Greeks' faces and they instantly turned into ancient Greek statutes, they look exactly like the ancient Greek statutes.
dinw thn arnhtikh mou pshfo oxi fusika gia to video alla gia thn tragikh parousiash twn 2 asxetwn pou ebalan na sxoliasoun auto to upertato gegonos!!!!
@Tennessee44444 you an the skopjans!!you are so stupid that i don't know what to answer to you.even if you don't think the real ancient olympics were olympiacs you should know that the first modern olympiacs were in Athens too.and last do you know that we wanted more time for the ceremony?do you know why?because greek history is too big for a couple of hours.your history is too short for a 15 minutes movie.now go eat hamburger and drink coca cola
@ScriptoFTW Έγινε μια τεραστια διαφήμιση της Ελλάδας που είναι τουριστική χώρα και δώσαμε νόημα στην ολυμπιακή παράδοση που τόσα πολλά μας προσφέρει! ΗΤΑΝ ΚΑΘΗΚΟΝ ΜΑΣ!
@sephywing Fuck u fucking kid you better stop thinking about sex and start thinking about history. You must say thank you to Greece. Without Greece, there won't be Western civilization. The youths now show disrespect and sex. You better learn other cultures and start to respect them
Το πρόβλημα είναι ότι μαζί με όλα αυτά τα κορόιδα που ζητωκραύγαζαν για την Ολυμπιάδα της Coca Cola, Adidas και της Αγγελόπουλου, την πλήρωσαν και όλοι οι υπάλληλοι που δεν ήθελαν όλα αυτά τα Άρτων και θεάματα! :(
My heart breaks when I watch this video and remember the days of Olympic Games in Athens 2004, as a greek, living in Athens.... how we fall in the today 2010 situation... but still there is hope
@MusicHistory100 lol it's not 'my' opening ceremony, and i'm definitely not arrogant. forgot to mention that i'm chinese but my family has been living in another country for 3 generations now. so, patriotic would be the last thing i consider myself to be, when it comes to China :-)
greek invented theatre???lol thats wrong....performing arts for crowd was first done in india...classical dances of india for sotry telling came in 2000BC!
@lablask Greece has an over 50.000 years of civilisation and culture. this was proved during a discovery of an ancient Greek ship of that time, that was carrying perfumes and food to an other part of Greece. The first Greek writing was around 8.000 B.C. The first theatre was created also before 2.000 B.C. At that time Greeks knew how to work the metal as iron and copper.
@MusicHistory100 buddy buddy hold on!!!i don't know what are you talking about a civilization in 48,000BC...hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!yes in india we have 8,000BC remains of small towns you find a video od pre ice age indian civilization on youtube!
@lablask I don't tell that Indian civilisation didn't exist in these years. I just gave you the facts. That ship was discovered in the Aegean Sea by an archaeologist that spoke to us in the gathering of the archaeologists. India and Greece are both the 2 most ancient civilisations of the world and we share the same family values. We weren't affected by the ice age too cause Greece is near Egypt so we had a warm climate.
ffs the american host is so fucking retarded and the info they have given him is also terrible inaccurate in many parts!good job nbc!btw nbc censored many nudity parts here...americanistan!
Islam is peace, says the Muslims who constantly insult other religions. Islam is peace said the Muslims who invaded Egypt and subjugated the Copts. Islam is peace they said to the Zorastrians who fled to India. Islam is peace said the Muslims who ransacked gr8 university of Buddhist- Nalanda. Islam is peace said the Muslims as they slaughtered Hindus and Buddhists. Islam is peace said the muslims as they slaughtered the Sikhs & Armenians & Greeks.Islam is peace says the Muslims now as they....
@luvgory Your reaction is funny because I have just stated the facts..you are blissfully unaware of Islam but somehow feel it is your duty to defend it. Have you read Quran &r other Islamic books?
If not than start reading and than talk.
Also, you can go to faithfreedom website to find out more about this totalitarian ideology in guise of religion.Better ask Greeks here about their views on Islam and Islamic tyranny they suffered . And how my criticism of Islamic violence indict me of violence
bt i m an indian and u will never be ,come say this in a court or smwere u will be locked up forever
i m sure i m younger than u bt much smarter and i my parents could afford a gud skool fr me posting stupid comments on my wall and showing all that ur parents taught u wont effect me at all
@luvgory Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and in the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except with the sword! The sword is the key to Paradise, which can be opened only for Holy Warriors! There are hundreds of Qur’anic verses and Hadiths urging Muslims to value war and to fight. I spit upon those foolish souls who claim that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war?
@luvgory You cannot tell someone to go to school when you persist in using a ridiculously abbreviated form of English to the point where your argument loses all coherence and cohesion. Wake up
@luvgory From what I understand of anu123km's argument, he is simply presenting an opinion about a religion, which he has substantially supported with evidence from major Islamic leaders and other sources. On the other hand, you have simply resorted to foolish, unjustified and counter-productive attacks. I am not supporting either argument here - do not get me wrong. I agree judgment based on religion is wrong. But I also agree violence inherent in Islam, which is easily provable.
@luvgory How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its adherents! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next life of its dignity and sanctity. ..CONTD..
@luvgory How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its adherents! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next life of its dignity and sanctity. ...CONTD...
@luvgory Please go to your channel for I have posted many things many people have to say about your beloved Islam.
AND DO NOT START COMPARATIVE STUDIES WITH WHAT OTHER RELIGIONS DID OR ARE DOING BECAUSE IT NEITHER JUSTIFIES CRIMES OF ISLAM AND MUSLIMS NOR DOES IT NEGATE ANYTHING I HAVE POSTED.
TIME FOR YOU TO GET SOME EDUCATION! BEING LIBERAL AND SECULAR DOES NOT MEANS BEING FOOLISH OR SUPPORTING ANYTHING WHICH GOES BY THE WORD RELIGION.
As a Canadian, watching this, I feel let down by the Vancouver Olympic opening ceremony. As I can only imagine, the Greek people must have felt an amazing sense of pride watching this, a beautiful representation of who they are and where they came from.
The Vancouver opening ceremony was, for me, a slightly embarrassing event, complete with technical problems (dignitaries not showing up on time, a torch that didn't come out of the floor). It was a pile of cliches and terrible "slam poetry".
The Athens opening ceremony was truly a masterpiece: complete with passion (two lovers), pride (thousands of years of history) and great music (maria calas and tiesto). It had everything. I love the parade, where what appears to be two dimensional drawings come to life, and stil remain two dimensional although they are moving. Incredible.
I am Canadian, and I wish I was Greek watching this.
@kosbo617 to na psaxnoume pantou thn sunomwsia einai anaxiothta....oi olumpiakoi agwnes einai ena sumvolo eirhnhs oxi ena meso ekfrashs ths diamarturias mas gia maures selides ths istorias!
@kosbo617 to na psaxnoume pantou thn sunomwsia einai anaxiothta....oi olumpiakoi agwnes einai ena sumvolo eirhnhs oxi ena meso ekfrashs ths diamarturias mas gia maures selides ths istorias!tetoia istoria den xwraei mesa se mia istorikh hmera.
@peterinaroni sumfwnw alla ton agwna kata ton tourkwn ton exei kata twn italwn oxi...enta3ei pleon oi dytikoi mas kanoyn oti goustaroun alla genika ektos apo to 1940 dn uparxoun alla tosa apo tn arxaiothta
the best opening ceremony but the american commentators were total fuckheads not giving total praise to what greece gave to the world, jealous fuckers
@walldorfanania Yeah and you Austrialians really contributed a lot to Western Civilization you inbred loser. The commentators had to read what was given to them to read and at least we understand them unlike your inbred retarded accent.
Hello. How are you? I am Kari from the blog Raqsamani dedicated to Middle Eastern Dance. I just want to tell you that this video has been selected for our little contest "The Best Videos" in wich we are going to select "The Best Middle Eastern Dance Video of the Year" and "The Best Culture and World Dance Video of the Year." There is not an especial prize, but surely your video has cautivated us. Congratulations and remember that you will be always welcomed to RaqsAmani.
Hola ¿Como estas? Soy Kari, del blog Raqsamani dedicado a las Danzas del Medio Oriente. Solo dejo este comentario para decirte que este video ha sido seleccionado para nuestro pequeño concurso "Los Mejores Videos" en el que seleccionaremos "El Mejor Video del Año en Danzas del Medio Oriente" y "El Mejor Video del Año en Cultura y Danzas del Mundo." No hay ningun premio en especial pero sin duda tu video nos ha cautivado. Muchas Felicidades, y recuerda que seras siempre bienvenido en Raqs Amani.
Wow.....I love this and never forget. I choose this Opening Ceremonies one of my top five best ceremonies ever.... 1976 Montreal, 1984 Los Angeles, 1992 Barcelona, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens.
How ridiculous are these commentators??? Compare them to the English guy in the BBC version, and you realize the low level that you're dealing with here. Where the English guy describes the artistic and philosophical developments that these visuals represent (you know, things like the birth of democracy and rational thought), the Americans just make dumb quips about Oedipus having "issues". If ever someone needed evidence about American stereotypes, HERE IT IS.
@sellianos Hi Sellianos. Thanks for the nice thoughts. I'm a Greek who at the moment is living in Canada. Don't worry; there's many people like me around...! :)
@MrConstantineN Wow. Accusing an entire country of being ignorant of its own history. If you're going to insult ignorant Americans, you should try not sounding like one.
@MrConstantineN "Americans don't know their own history?" I'm sorry that we have not had four thousand years of written history. The fact is, when Europeans came to the American continents five hundred years ago, they didn't really care that the native people's had their own culture. The Spaniards burned most of the Mesoamerican (countries on par with any African or European culture) records, hoping to stomp out their way of life.
@MrConstantineN Disease brought from Europe killed literally millions of Native Americans, and most of the rest were enslaved or forced on to reservations. Europeans controlled what is now the eastern coast of the USA, and the most of the rest of the two continents weren't free from European interference for another 50-100 years. French Guiana is still not independent of Europe. Thanks to European domination, America has only about five hundred years of written history.
@cheesetothepower The Greeks had reached to America thousands of years ago,respected the natives,gave them knowledge,helped them,educated them.It was the age of the Argonautes.A great woman scientist of U.S. miss Merz did a great job trying to prove,mainly based in Apollonian the Rhodius texts,that the Greeks indeed traveled to the other side of Atlantic sea.Ancient monuments,symbols,and Greek named cities like Indianapolis are the proofs for the mass.
@redmine7 I don't believe that the Ancient Greeks made it to the Americas and as far into as Indianapolis (many places in the USA is named for places in Europe, there aren't any particular similarities in known ancient American/Greek culture that can't be explained by coincidence) but you're right in the fact that Greece has never caused any notable problems in the Americas. I personally find the stories of ancient Greeks fascinating, asking my mother to tell me some as a very young girl.
IF YOU NOTICE THE SPEAKER IS SYING BULLSEATS!!!!
VAK1908 1 week ago
Damn if only i could mute those two assholes commenting and enjoy the magic!
OreSting 1 month ago 2
la miglior cerimonia mai fatta nella storia dell'olimpiade complmenti alla grecia, forza grecia supererete anche questo momento siete un popolo ricco di storia le vostre origini sono troppe nobile per cadere cosi in basso, Siete un popolo che avete regalato il dono della belezza dell'arte
ranmapisa 1 month ago 5
why do people come watch something so cool and beautiful just to start arguments. The Olympics are one of the only times nations can come together and have friendly competition without trying to start wars or blow each other up!! This is why there probably will never be world peace, to many ignorant people out there. Just enjoy the beauty and history of this and quit bitching about everything!
SECCCC07 1 month ago
Who cares if Alexander the great is grek or yugolsavian macedonian??There wa 2300 years ago no Greece , no FYROM.....it is crazy..it would be the same to say Jesus was israeli....
Petrakis75 1 month ago
@Petrakis75 You don't need to have a state to be called a nation.if you read history,you would see that the Greeks maybe didn't have one state country,but they had city states..but it doesn't mean that they weren't one nation.otherwise they wouldn't fight Persians as one nation.So maybe for you it doesn't matter but for us it matters,cause Greece always existed and Macedonia is our word and soul and land....because we lived there for thousand years before Yugo-Slavs came to Balkans...got it!!!
novaera5 1 month ago 3
I absolutely love this opening ceremony! Especially this portion of it. So much history! Why can't history classes be this fascinating and beautiful?
JohnnyCrimson2000 1 month ago
Eros in the sky is absolutely spectacular looking.
I can't wait to see London try to top this!
Iemanonymous1 1 month ago
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Iemanonymous1 1 month ago
This is the most beautiful and amazing opening ceremony ever seen...and in the country where everything started ...Greetings from Italy..and all the best wishes to the wonderful country which Greece is
Isabella80169 2 months ago 16
Posidon was also the god of horses so that green guy may have welln
MyMurphysLaw 2 months ago
@MyMurphysLaw actually my friend the commentators don't have ANY clue about Hellenic History!!! The green one is not Poseidon! He is the Charioteer of Delfi!!! Have a nice day!!!
DespinaKouros 2 months ago 3
who's that gayngel fladdering above..? must he represent hermes?
meesbroersen 2 months ago
@meesbroersen the gayangel?Ιs Έρως(god of love) son of Aphrodite
apolskis1 2 months ago
i was surprised that the Mask of Agamemnon and the Karyatids got no mention at all! and the Auriga (said here: "that green one is Posiedon" really pissed me off. Other than that, one of the best opening ceremonies hands down
golfingfiend09 3 months ago in playlist golfingfiend09's favorites
what we all realy need is ones again "the blue little boy with the wings" ??? you know him??? ITS EROS!!!
Arouraiouli 3 months ago
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The video does NOT freeze up at 01m44s. It just pauses for about ten seconds.
Thumbs up this comment so everyone can see it.
WiiAndMii57 3 months ago 2
Alexander never competed at Olympia... stupid American...
dinche1 3 months ago
@parsifal3142 Protecting our national sovereignty, history and civilisation was always our top priorities! The Parthenon marbles MUST return where they belong to. Greece has now Acropolis Museum which was voted officially as the best museum of the world, therefore UK has zero excuses to deny the return of the stollen Parthenon marbles back to their home. The marbles must reunite with the rest fragments. BRING THEM BACK
colexiou 4 months ago 2
this is GREECE,the motherland of SOCRATES,PLATO, ARISTOTELES,PYTHAGORA,SOFOCLES,EURIPIDES,HOMER, ALEXANDER THE GREAT... and so many others. But Also :MARIA CALLAS.ARISTOTELIS ONASIS,KAZANTZAKIS,the nobelist SEFERIS ,the nobelist ELITIS,NANA MOUSHOURI,MELINA MERKOURI and so so so so many others...
analekonto 4 months ago
Does anyone knows the song?
Γνωρίζει κανεις το τραγούδο που παίζει απο κάτω?
KOSTASPARTALAS 4 months ago
5:00 A strong message to Britain to return the STOLEN by Lord Elgin Parthenon marbles. The figures from Parthenon's pediment reunite with the fragments that are currently hold by the British Museum. These artworks MUST RETURN back to their homeland and placed in the new world-leading Acropolis Museum in Athens.
colexiou 4 months ago 5
@colexiou Perhaps Greece right now, on the brink of default, has other priorities.
parsifal3142 4 months ago
This is STILL The Best Olympic Opening Ceremony ever made! Truly a masterpiece... Amazed by all, music, characters, performance... and greek history above all! Congrats from Portugal
tessaming11 4 months ago 5
. . . and love flows above it all
lennynero90 4 months ago
FANTASTIC! WAS EMECIONANTE THIS OPENING OF THE GAMES IN ATHENS. CONGRATULATIONS TO BRAZIL.
MPCANTE 4 months ago
oh americans you are so ignorant stupid and useless . btw athens is still the centre of the world
Portorafti13 4 months ago
Parade of the immortal Greeks
pitsikoulini24 5 months ago 4
The dislikes in this video have got to be from the Slavic Monkeydonians of FYRO"M" turning all red-faced from rage and jealousy due to witnessing Alexander the Great pass by!! HAHAHA!! Alexander was GREEK!! Macedonia is forever GREECE!!
broadman69 5 months ago 85
Most beautiful opening ceremony ever! Greetings from Portugal!
oOMaryFelixOo 5 months ago 58
yeah,of course aztecs and maya and incas had incredible cultures but their dark side was to sacrefise humans for their gods,basing their destiny to magicians and priests who were controlling people's lives and making them suffer and live like slaves,at least we didn't suffer that,our motto from ancient years till now is live free-think free
kioralhs 5 months ago 2
το κλαδι ελιας το προσφερει στο Σπυρο Λουη τον πρωτο νικητη του μαραθωνιου και οχι στον αμερικανο αθλητη του αλμα εις τριπλουν ηλιθιοι αμερικανοι!! ηταν γραμμενο στα κειμενα σας ή παλι αυτοσχεδιασατε και οπως συνηθως μπερδεψατε την βουρτσα με τη λουτσα?? ηλιθιοι!
GRstavroula 5 months ago
they try to make us a third world country,they try to suck out our blood,to steal our properties,to erase us from the map,to mix us with other nations,to controll us...even if they succeed it will be for a while because even if there is only one greek left on the planet, greece can be reborn...our spirit cannot die and our contribution to the world is a fact that can never change no matter what....
GRstavroula 5 months ago
I thought Zeus would be portrayed by a tall, bearded man. (there was a big statue of him which I recall learning about in world history class)
HTownCountryFan 5 months ago
@HTownCountryFan there is no Zeus presented on the queue,only Athena goddess protector of the city with other ancient figures like Lapithes and Giants who were sculpted on Acropolis by Fedias,the correspontent who describes it made a mistake
kioralhs 5 months ago
i love Greece... from Philippines.!
starbox1020 6 months ago 2
i am from colombia but i wanna see a mexican olympics ceremony! will be extremely powerful to se the aztecs and the mayas cultures represented. those cultures kick greek's asses... ! but, it doesn't mean that this is not beautiful, of course it is!
eljuli1003 6 months ago
@eljuli1003 ..."kick greek's asses..." First of all Aztecs were canniballs and second maybe Mayas were indeed a great civilization but it seems that the Hellenic civilization was and still is the most influential!!! Saludos desde Athena!!!!
DespinaKouros 6 months ago
@DespinaKouros
jaja aztecs werent cannibals, dud.
necktarfc 5 months ago
@DespinaKouros Hey, Aztecs weren't cannibals.
55Beatles 4 months ago
@eljuli1003 That would be pure gore
zavitri 5 months ago
@eljuli1003 saying 'kick greece's ass' when referring to culture is completely irrational, insane and nonsensical at the same time. like saying an ape can solve a math problem better than a person. with respect
rocoreb 5 months ago
@eljuli1003 lol. Mayas hadn't even discovered the wheel! See wikipedia about that. Sorry, but you cannot even think to compare the civilizations you refer to with smaller European civilizations than the Greek one, not even the Greek one
nikolaos1010 4 months ago
That was absolutely beautiful.
firespawn0006 6 months ago
the best olympic ceremnoy ever
ermejoderoma999 7 months ago 6
ΑΝΑΤΡΙΧΙΑΣΑ!!!!! Α ΡΕ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΡΑ ΜΟΥ!!!! ΕΙΜΑΙ ΤΟΣΟ ΠΕΡΗΦΑΝΗ ΚΑΤΑΓΟΜΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΧΩΡΑ ΠΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΕ ΤΗΝ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΝ ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗ, ΚΑΙ ΟΧΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΧΩΡΑ ΠΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΕ ΤΟΝ ΧΙΤΛΕΡ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΝ ΦΑΣΙΣΜΟ!!!!!!
eleni1196 7 months ago 7
apo to xristianismo kai meta 3kinise i ptwsi
coulthard1984 7 months ago
Me siento tan feliz de ver esto, la cultuta que tanto quiero y a la que tanto admiro...reordar esto es maravilloso, yo tení 15 cuando lo diero y aún hoy me parece la mejor ceremonia de la historia.
LEOROBINSON 7 months ago
Να το πω ΠΟΛΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ!! Ποιοί 11 ΜΑΛΑΚΕΣ έβαλαν ντισλάϊκ;;
Να ζήσει η Ελλάδα μας!!! :-)
1993helengirl 7 months ago 7
Just to clarify:
The video doesn't stop at 01:29, it just pauses for about 5 seconds.
Thumbs up so others don't get confused.
WiiAndMii57 7 months ago 9
ΠΟΣΟ ΛΑΜΠΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΣ ΜΑΣ!!!
ΟΛΑ ΣΕ ΕΜΑΣ ΓΕΝΝΗΘΗΚΑΝ. ΤΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ!!!
gipas21 8 months ago 6
κοιτατε ρε πιθήκια δυτικοι τι έχουμε κάνει που σας χρωστάμε και λεφτά.Ζωα καπιτάλες τραπεζίτες
alexandroschm 8 months ago 2
I love how they put some white paint on those modern Greeks' faces and they instantly turned into ancient Greek statutes, they look exactly like the ancient Greek statutes.
rexandlef 8 months ago 7
00:27= The first ancient characters of this parade,look like of an Egyptian profile.
00:46= The fighter on the left looks like Chinese,and not a Greek.
01:29= The video stops of a sudden,and no longer runs...what's wrong with it?
I want to watch it full!!
kalispera64 8 months ago
dinw thn arnhtikh mou pshfo oxi fusika gia to video alla gia thn tragikh parousiash twn 2 asxetwn pou ebalan na sxoliasoun auto to upertato gegonos!!!!
Msarethninio 8 months ago
@Msarethninio Ειναι όντως απαράδεκτοι
DemocracyGR 8 months ago
@DemocracyGR
e nai.....
Msarethninio 8 months ago
@tennessee...Please eat a burger or something, drink some bakon flavoured milkshake and when you are ready start opening a book ...
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the idea that the greeks invented the olympics is a complete bogus. the olympics officially began in 1930s in New York.
Tennessee44444 9 months ago
@Tennessee44444
have you ever just opened a book of history?
AvaThePrincess 9 months ago
@Tennessee44444 yeah that's why they are called Olympic Games - it sounds much better than ''New Yorkean Games''.
arisgreece26 9 months ago 2
@Tennessee44444 hey redneck, go and crawl back into your country hole. You give us a bad name as ignorant
sarissaki 8 months ago
@Tennessee44444
What the hell have you said??!!
Do you know that it exists a web page called WIKIPEDIA?
I recommend you to read it,and try to search for the info related to the olympic games.
The ancient olympic games started by 776 B.C , in Greece,and the modern era olympic games started in 1896.
Greece was supposed to host the olympic games to commemorate the 100 years in 1996,but Atlanta held those games.
Sorry,but you really need to get informed the most.
kalispera64 8 months ago 2
@Tennessee44444 And pigs might fly! Hahaha...
TheodorosZ 7 months ago
@Tennessee44444 you an the skopjans!!you are so stupid that i don't know what to answer to you.even if you don't think the real ancient olympics were olympiacs you should know that the first modern olympiacs were in Athens too.and last do you know that we wanted more time for the ceremony?do you know why?because greek history is too big for a couple of hours.your history is too short for a 15 minutes movie.now go eat hamburger and drink coca cola
stratis15 7 months ago 7
Dimitris Papaioannou who designed this ceremony is actually gay!!! woohoo i'm so happy :P:P:P
carey579 9 months ago
@carey579 He is????
Rahmanseth85 9 months ago
the entire world s history in 10 mins
vabilas28 9 months ago 3
I really wish I could get the music :(
paulv1973 9 months ago
"Today, 97% of the people who live in this country are Greek.... Orthodox"
"And they build churches"
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IDontKnowCorp 10 months ago
"i think that green one is Poseidon" you think??? what kind of commentators you are... open some book is INIOHOS FROM DELPHI....
elenipvl 10 months ago 7
KAI POU DEN 8A EIMASTAN XREWMENOI 8A MAS 8IMONTOUSAN ? OXI EKINI TIN MERA OLOS O KOSMOS 8A TIN 8IMATE AXIZAN TA LEFTA POU DOSAME
ScriptoFTW 1 year ago 3
@ScriptoFTW Έγινε μια τεραστια διαφήμιση της Ελλάδας που είναι τουριστική χώρα και δώσαμε νόημα στην ολυμπιακή παράδοση που τόσα πολλά μας προσφέρει! ΗΤΑΝ ΚΑΘΗΚΟΝ ΜΑΣ!
YorgoSkep 1 year ago 4
did he seriously say "I think that green one is Poseidon?"
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Oh Greek GAYs you are all so sexy~!
Just wish to get one of those beautiful man sculptures XDDD
sephywing 1 year ago
@sephywing Fuck u fucking kid you better stop thinking about sex and start thinking about history. You must say thank you to Greece. Without Greece, there won't be Western civilization. The youths now show disrespect and sex. You better learn other cultures and start to respect them
international153 9 months ago
να που πήγε ένα μεγάλο μέρος από τα λεφτά πληρώστε σαν μαλακες τώρα και καθίστε να βλέπετε τα video να παρηγοριέστε μαζί με σας και εγώ
TheGiorgos77 1 year ago
@TheGiorgos77
Το πρόβλημα είναι ότι μαζί με όλα αυτά τα κορόιδα που ζητωκραύγαζαν για την Ολυμπιάδα της Coca Cola, Adidas και της Αγγελόπουλου, την πλήρωσαν και όλοι οι υπάλληλοι που δεν ήθελαν όλα αυτά τα Άρτων και θεάματα! :(
alxxz 1 year ago
The greatest and most spectacular opening ceremony I have ever watched!!
It was simply outstanding!!
Culture,Knowledge,and Intelligence,means only one word...GREECE!!
kalispera64 1 year ago 5
all the gree history in 10 minutes
stauroszafiropoulos 1 year ago
My heart breaks when I watch this video and remember the days of Olympic Games in Athens 2004, as a greek, living in Athens.... how we fall in the today 2010 situation... but still there is hope
MariaAya 1 year ago 6
i love greece, and im proud to be greek
AnTreAsx92 1 year ago 2
11 dislikes?? must be the beijing 08 supporters. this athens opening wins hands down!
p/s: i'm chinese :-P
ch00bee 1 year ago 87
@ch00bee Thank you about your kind and supporting words. You proved that you are not arrogant. i liked your opening ceremony too.
MusicHistory100 1 year ago
@MusicHistory100 lol it's not 'my' opening ceremony, and i'm definitely not arrogant. forgot to mention that i'm chinese but my family has been living in another country for 3 generations now. so, patriotic would be the last thing i consider myself to be, when it comes to China :-)
ch00bee 1 year ago
@ch00bee I think they were both incredible, but in very different ways. :)
Bille994 5 months ago
@ch00bee Seriously? Nobody gives a fuck that you're Chinese. Get a life.
theakatsuki9 4 months ago
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@ch00bee Seriously? Nobody gives a fuck that you're Chinese.
theakatsuki9 4 months ago
@ch00bee Seriously? Nobody gives a fuck that you're Chinese.
theakatsuki9 4 months ago
@theakatsuki9 nobody gives a fuck about Japenis-Americunts either.
Greece has more history and culture than your McDonalds hahaha.
Pilosoposporo 1 month ago 3
@Pilosoposporo HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! And the best part is, you don't even know why you're so funny.
theakatsuki9 1 month ago
@theakatsuki9 But the best part is, I can never tell if your slant eye means laughing or crying. HAHAHAHAHA!!
Pilosoposporo 1 month ago
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@ch00bee Seriously? Nobody gives a shit that you're Chinese.
theakatsuki9 4 months ago
parade of the 4000+ years of hellenic civilazation.
mpoukoma 1 year ago 4
as someone said, when you were discovering the meet we already had cholesterol :P
GoBziGr 1 year ago 4
greek invented theatre???lol thats wrong....performing arts for crowd was first done in india...classical dances of india for sotry telling came in 2000BC!
lablask 1 year ago
@lablask yeah!!!but our was not ONLY dancing and story telling
our was theater!!! and I was more that 2000BC!!!
adamkaimaras 1 year ago
@lablask theater is greek word. The word derives from the Ancient Greek theatron (θέατρον) meaning "the seeing place.
GoBziGr 1 year ago
@lablask Greece has an over 50.000 years of civilisation and culture. this was proved during a discovery of an ancient Greek ship of that time, that was carrying perfumes and food to an other part of Greece. The first Greek writing was around 8.000 B.C. The first theatre was created also before 2.000 B.C. At that time Greeks knew how to work the metal as iron and copper.
MusicHistory100 1 year ago
@MusicHistory100 buddy buddy hold on!!!i don't know what are you talking about a civilization in 48,000BC...hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!yes in india we have 8,000BC remains of small towns you find a video od pre ice age indian civilization on youtube!
lablask 1 year ago
@lablask I don't tell that Indian civilisation didn't exist in these years. I just gave you the facts. That ship was discovered in the Aegean Sea by an archaeologist that spoke to us in the gathering of the archaeologists. India and Greece are both the 2 most ancient civilisations of the world and we share the same family values. We weren't affected by the ice age too cause Greece is near Egypt so we had a warm climate.
MusicHistory100 1 year ago
@MusicHistory100 anyways the ceremony is magnificent!
lablask 1 year ago
@lablask Thank you. I appreciate your opinion and your good words.
MusicHistory100 1 year ago
anatrixila
polor89 1 year ago 2
My favorite part of the opening ceremonies. Colorful and epic!
mupty 1 year ago
Eros is soooo cute :)
Arouraiouli 1 year ago
they should have it athens every four years!
UnaFatsaUnaRasta22 1 year ago
ffs the american host is so fucking retarded and the info they have given him is also terrible inaccurate in many parts!good job nbc!btw nbc censored many nudity parts here...americanistan!
harisstefanoupoulios 1 year ago
I love how it appears as though Achilles is 'walking through a timeline' of Greek History. Such a beautiful effect!!
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anu123km 1 year ago
Islam is peace, says the Muslims who constantly insult other religions. Islam is peace said the Muslims who invaded Egypt and subjugated the Copts. Islam is peace they said to the Zorastrians who fled to India. Islam is peace said the Muslims who ransacked gr8 university of Buddhist- Nalanda. Islam is peace said the Muslims as they slaughtered Hindus and Buddhists. Islam is peace said the muslims as they slaughtered the Sikhs & Armenians & Greeks.Islam is peace says the Muslims now as they....
anu123km 1 year ago
@anu123km its a shame that one of my fellow indian thinks this way
islam never taught this to anyone do you remember the us did
u know wat u r the ones who kill ppl
riots and all that are all because of you
n u kno wat i m nt even a muslim
u dont say that wen u talk bout taj mahal or the humayun tomb
luvgory 1 year ago
@luvgory Your reaction is funny because I have just stated the facts..you are blissfully unaware of Islam but somehow feel it is your duty to defend it. Have you read Quran &r other Islamic books?
If not than start reading and than talk.
Also, you can go to faithfreedom website to find out more about this totalitarian ideology in guise of religion.Better ask Greeks here about their views on Islam and Islamic tyranny they suffered . And how my criticism of Islamic violence indict me of violence
anu123km 1 year ago
@anu123km lols 1st of all i m nt a muslim
i wrote that before
bt i m an indian and u will never be ,come say this in a court or smwere u will be locked up forever
i m sure i m younger than u bt much smarter and i my parents could afford a gud skool fr me posting stupid comments on my wall and showing all that ur parents taught u wont effect me at all
so ass whore go get sm life
luvgory 1 year ago
@luvgory "ISLAM IS THE STENCH FROM THE CORPSE OF THAT DEAD BEDUIN PERVERT."
Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey
anu123km 1 year ago
@luvgory Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and in the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except with the sword! The sword is the key to Paradise, which can be opened only for Holy Warriors! There are hundreds of Qur’anic verses and Hadiths urging Muslims to value war and to fight. I spit upon those foolish souls who claim that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war?
- The Ayatollah Khomeini
anu123km 1 year ago
@anu123km u ofcourse are jst looking at the negative things
and by the way u r nt an indian so dnt ever put ur nationality as that on youtube or anywhere
wat makes u better frm sm barbarians killing other innocent ppl
u wud hv treated the muslims unequally if u were our leader
and i didnt even care to read wat u posted on my wall it jst tuk me 5 secs to delete it and block u
plz go to a school that will really help you
luvgory 1 year ago
@luvgory You cannot tell someone to go to school when you persist in using a ridiculously abbreviated form of English to the point where your argument loses all coherence and cohesion. Wake up
PtolemyofEgyptI 1 year ago
@PtolemyofEgyptI sorry sir
but i am totally against what he was saying
and its not right at all to judge anyone by his religion
luvgory 1 year ago
@luvgory From what I understand of anu123km's argument, he is simply presenting an opinion about a religion, which he has substantially supported with evidence from major Islamic leaders and other sources. On the other hand, you have simply resorted to foolish, unjustified and counter-productive attacks. I am not supporting either argument here - do not get me wrong. I agree judgment based on religion is wrong. But I also agree violence inherent in Islam, which is easily provable.
PtolemyofEgyptI 1 year ago
@PtolemyofEgyptI whenyou say islam u mean the whole of the islam comunity
not every muslim is like that
and yes i read a few quotes from quran before commenting
there's another word for those people killing other innocent people and its terrorist
luvgory 1 year ago
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@luvgory How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its adherents! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next life of its dignity and sanctity. ..CONTD..
anu123km 1 year ago
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@luvgory How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its adherents! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next life of its dignity and sanctity. ...CONTD...
anu123km 1 year ago
@luvgory Please go to your channel for I have posted many things many people have to say about your beloved Islam.
AND DO NOT START COMPARATIVE STUDIES WITH WHAT OTHER RELIGIONS DID OR ARE DOING BECAUSE IT NEITHER JUSTIFIES CRIMES OF ISLAM AND MUSLIMS NOR DOES IT NEGATE ANYTHING I HAVE POSTED.
TIME FOR YOU TO GET SOME EDUCATION! BEING LIBERAL AND SECULAR DOES NOT MEANS BEING FOOLISH OR SUPPORTING ANYTHING WHICH GOES BY THE WORD RELIGION.
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anu123km 1 year ago
As a Canadian, watching this, I feel let down by the Vancouver Olympic opening ceremony. As I can only imagine, the Greek people must have felt an amazing sense of pride watching this, a beautiful representation of who they are and where they came from.
The Vancouver opening ceremony was, for me, a slightly embarrassing event, complete with technical problems (dignitaries not showing up on time, a torch that didn't come out of the floor). It was a pile of cliches and terrible "slam poetry".
kissablegillis 1 year ago 2
@kissablegillis
you are so right...i never ever felt so proud being a Greek...
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kissablegillis 1 year ago
The Athens opening ceremony was truly a masterpiece: complete with passion (two lovers), pride (thousands of years of history) and great music (maria calas and tiesto). It had everything. I love the parade, where what appears to be two dimensional drawings come to life, and stil remain two dimensional although they are moving. Incredible.
I am Canadian, and I wish I was Greek watching this.
kissablegillis 1 year ago 4
love Greece...from India
anu123km 1 year ago 5
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It was awesome...Beijing was cool but Athens Olympic had soul. So good to see an ancient civilization like Greece like my own country India.
anu123km 1 year ago
luv greece
empv2 1 year ago
ti leipei apo tin istoria mas se auto to video?
dn 3erw an to parathrhse kaneis
alla leipei o agwnas twn ellinwn to 1940
bebaia i germania kai i italia einai poia agapimenoi mas...
3exnate ellines 3exnate
kosbo617 1 year ago
@kosbo617 to na psaxnoume thn sunomwsia pantou einai apla anaxiothta....oi olumpiakoi agwnes einai sumbolo eirhnhs...oxi meso katathesis ths diamarturias mas gia maures selides ths istoria!
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@kosbo617 to na psaxnoume pantou thn sunomwsia einai anaxiothta....oi olumpiakoi agwnes einai ena sumvolo eirhnhs oxi ena meso ekfrashs ths diamarturias mas gia maures selides ths istorias!
peterinaroni 1 year ago
@kosbo617 to na psaxnoume pantou thn sunomwsia einai anaxiothta....oi olumpiakoi agwnes einai ena sumvolo eirhnhs oxi ena meso ekfrashs ths diamarturias mas gia maures selides ths istorias!tetoia istoria den xwraei mesa se mia istorikh hmera.
peterinaroni 1 year ago
@peterinaroni sumfwnw alla ton agwna kata ton tourkwn ton exei kata twn italwn oxi...enta3ei pleon oi dytikoi mas kanoyn oti goustaroun alla genika ektos apo to 1940 dn uparxoun alla tosa apo tn arxaiothta
:D
kosbo617 1 year ago
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benjaminjean1984 1 year ago
@benjaminjean1984 go die somewhere else cunt
Astaroth72 1 year ago
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benjaminjean1984 1 year ago
thats one of my favourite parts of this ceremony :)
aqu32 1 year ago
...the team that made this UNBELIEVABLE MAKE-UP surely deserves an oskar award!!!
zavarakatranemias 1 year ago 4
i loved the music but i cant find anywhere :/
guigo2020 1 year ago
The ceremony is amazing!!! But these people talking they are so idiot!!!!!
nightperfume 1 year ago 4
excellent !!
Ratsamita 1 year ago
the best opening ceremony but the american commentators were total fuckheads not giving total praise to what greece gave to the world, jealous fuckers
walldorfanania 1 year ago
@walldorfanania Yeah and you Austrialians really contributed a lot to Western Civilization you inbred loser. The commentators had to read what was given to them to read and at least we understand them unlike your inbred retarded accent.
MercuryRis 1 year ago
Αυτός ήταν δροσερός.
karen175 1 year ago
Hello. How are you? I am Kari from the blog Raqsamani dedicated to Middle Eastern Dance. I just want to tell you that this video has been selected for our little contest "The Best Videos" in wich we are going to select "The Best Middle Eastern Dance Video of the Year" and "The Best Culture and World Dance Video of the Year." There is not an especial prize, but surely your video has cautivated us. Congratulations and remember that you will be always welcomed to RaqsAmani.
FonsecaT3 1 year ago
Hola ¿Como estas? Soy Kari, del blog Raqsamani dedicado a las Danzas del Medio Oriente. Solo dejo este comentario para decirte que este video ha sido seleccionado para nuestro pequeño concurso "Los Mejores Videos" en el que seleccionaremos "El Mejor Video del Año en Danzas del Medio Oriente" y "El Mejor Video del Año en Cultura y Danzas del Mundo." No hay ningun premio en especial pero sin duda tu video nos ha cautivado. Muchas Felicidades, y recuerda que seras siempre bienvenido en Raqs Amani.
FonsecaT3 1 year ago
i must say that the olympics must remain once and forever in greece
thrilos27 1 year ago 4
My favorite part is 00:00 to 10:47
NFSOscar 1 year ago 42
@NFSOscar really?you have a really good taste!
MrTheBigOrange 11 months ago
@NFSOscar
Could you really watch it full?
I don't understand,it stops of a sudden at 01:29!!
kalispera64 8 months ago
this was our history.... the best opening ceremony ever. The birthtown of olympics knows how to respect the meaning of them.
antantonio1982 1 year ago 5
Wow.....I love this and never forget. I choose this Opening Ceremonies one of my top five best ceremonies ever.... 1976 Montreal, 1984 Los Angeles, 1992 Barcelona, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens.
Califsexyguy 1 year ago
THIS IS VERY BEAUTIFUL.. THE BLUE MAN FLYING IS AMAZING
NFSOscar 1 year ago
@NFSOscar
Its Eros,a greek divinity of Love.. :)
sellianos 1 year ago
@NFSOscar Βlue man was Eros (Love) and the point of him in the Opening Ceremony was to give movement to the stand still statues and persons :)
kratiras 1 year ago
How ridiculous are these commentators??? Compare them to the English guy in the BBC version, and you realize the low level that you're dealing with here. Where the English guy describes the artistic and philosophical developments that these visuals represent (you know, things like the birth of democracy and rational thought), the Americans just make dumb quips about Oedipus having "issues". If ever someone needed evidence about American stereotypes, HERE IT IS.
nojyt 1 year ago 59
@nojyt
Where are you from?Like to see people thinking that way..Respect to you my friend
sellianos 1 year ago
@sellianos Hi Sellianos. Thanks for the nice thoughts. I'm a Greek who at the moment is living in Canada. Don't worry; there's many people like me around...! :)
nojyt 1 year ago
@nojyt Cultural differences . . .
deepbluehue3 1 year ago
@nojyt
Americans don't know their own history...so how could they know & respect the Greek?
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@MrConstantineN Wow. Accusing an entire country of being ignorant of its own history. If you're going to insult ignorant Americans, you should try not sounding like one.
nuculearbazooka 7 months ago 2
οι αμερικανοι δεν ξερουν που τους παν τα τεσσερα!
meniasol 7 months ago 4
@MrConstantineN Thank u very much. u hit the nail on the head . the americans dont now their ass from a hole in the ground.....
alexalex939 4 months ago
@MrConstantineN "Americans don't know their own history?" I'm sorry that we have not had four thousand years of written history. The fact is, when Europeans came to the American continents five hundred years ago, they didn't really care that the native people's had their own culture. The Spaniards burned most of the Mesoamerican (countries on par with any African or European culture) records, hoping to stomp out their way of life.
cheesetothepower 3 months ago
@MrConstantineN Disease brought from Europe killed literally millions of Native Americans, and most of the rest were enslaved or forced on to reservations. Europeans controlled what is now the eastern coast of the USA, and the most of the rest of the two continents weren't free from European interference for another 50-100 years. French Guiana is still not independent of Europe. Thanks to European domination, America has only about five hundred years of written history.
cheesetothepower 3 months ago
@cheesetothepower The Greeks had reached to America thousands of years ago,respected the natives,gave them knowledge,helped them,educated them.It was the age of the Argonautes.A great woman scientist of U.S. miss Merz did a great job trying to prove,mainly based in Apollonian the Rhodius texts,that the Greeks indeed traveled to the other side of Atlantic sea.Ancient monuments,symbols,and Greek named cities like Indianapolis are the proofs for the mass.
redmine7 3 months ago
@redmine7 I don't believe that the Ancient Greeks made it to the Americas and as far into as Indianapolis (many places in the USA is named for places in Europe, there aren't any particular similarities in known ancient American/Greek culture that can't be explained by coincidence) but you're right in the fact that Greece has never caused any notable problems in the Americas. I personally find the stories of ancient Greeks fascinating, asking my mother to tell me some as a very young girl.
cheesetothepower 3 months ago