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OLYMPIC GAMES MONUMENT

MONUMENT TO THE GREEK CULTURE  ARCHITECT GEORGE T. CHRISTIE  A  Greek epigram written in ancient Ionian-attican script: ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΓΑΙΑ ΑΓΩΝΕΣΣΙ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΗΣ ΠΟΙΗΣΙΝ ΤΕΛΕΕΤΑΙ  ΛΟΓΟΝ  ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΗΣ. THE LAND OF GREEKS BY ITS STRIFES FOR DEMOCRACY PERFECTED EVERYTHIG DONE TROUGH THE CONCEPT OF FREEDOM. The memorial incorporates the concepts of the epigram. ANALYSIS The unique Greek Civilization has its sources in its position in the geopolitical map, the morphological peculiarity of the land and in the spiritual idiosyncrasy...

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