Athens Olympics 2004

Athens Olympics 2004 Mascot

As you may know the mascots for this year's Olympics are the two 'cute' figures Athina and Phoebos (in Greek Αθηνά - Φοίβος).

The two 'creatures' have been inspired by an 7th century B.C. doll that was found in Mycenae. The tune-covered terracotta doll is bell-shaped and has movable feet. In ancient times such dolls were known as "daidala".

There was a lot of controvery on whether the Athens Olympics 2004 mascots were good or not when they first came out two years ago, but now I beleive we are so accustomed to them we have begun to like them - flat feet and all ;)

Athens Olympics 2004

Posted by Basileios at March 11, 2004 01:35 PM