Hotel Segas welcomes all participants to the modern Nemea which will be held 22-24th June 2012 in the Ancient Stadium of Nemea.
Το ξενοδοχείο Σέγκας καλωσορίζει όλους τους συμμετέχοντας στη Νεμεάδα που θα διεξαχθεί 22-24 Ιουνίου στο Αρχαίο Στάδιο της Νεμέας.
The participants will gather at the closed end of the track with the judges dressed in black robes just as they were in antiquity, and draw lots from a helmet for their lane assignments. They will proceed to the ancient stone starting line and curl their toes into the same stone grooves where the ancients placed their toes. At the signal, the barrier will be hurled to the ground, and the race will begin. Those who start too soon will be flogged publicly by the judges just as they were in antiquity. The winner of each race will have a ribbon tied around the head and a branch of palm - again as in antiquity. At the end of the day, each winner will receive a crown of wild celery just as happened at Nemea more than 2300 years ago.
Οι εκδηλώσεις θα ξεκινήσουν με την τελετή έναρξης την Παρασκευή 22 Ιουνίου, στις 7 μ.μ., της οποίας κορυφαίο γεγονός θα είναι η αφή της Φλόγας στο Βωμό του Νεμείου Διός και το στεφάνωμα της Νεμέας από την Εκεχειρία. Ως γνωστόν, στην αρχαία Ελλάδα η Εκεχειρία προστάτευε και συμβόλιζε το πνεύμα διεξαγωγής των αγώνων σε καθεστώς ειρήνης. Όπως στην αρχαία Ελλάδα, η Εκεχειρία προστάτευε και συμβόλιζε το πνεύμα των ειρηνικών αγώνων.
Το Σάββατο 23 Ιουνίου θα διατεθεί αποκλειστικά για τους αγώνες δρόμου όσων δηλώσουν συμμετοχή μέχρι 15 Μαΐου το αργότερο. Θα διεξαχθούν οι αγώνες ταχύτητας εκατό μέτρων «στάδιο»και ο «μακρύς δρόμος» 7,5 χιλιομέτρων στα «Βήματα του Ηρακλή», από τον αρχαίο ναό του Ηρακλή στις Αρχαίες Κλεωνές μέχρι το αρχαίο στάδιο της Νεμέας. Στο τέλος της ημέρας όλοι οι νικητές θα στεφανωθούν με το παραδοσιακό αγριοσέλινο και θα ακολουθήσει δεξίωση του Πολιτιστικού Συλλόγου Αρχαίας Νεμέας στην αυλή του Δημοτικού Σχολείου.
Την τελευταία μέρα, Κυριακή 24 Ιουνίου στις 7.30 μ.μ., θα παρουσιαστεί στο αρχαίο στάδιο η θεατρική παράσταση «Νεμεάδα», βασισμένη σε έμμετρη διήγηση των μυθολογικών παραδόσεων και της αρχαίας ιστορίας της Νεμέας και των Νεμέων Αγώνων.
The New Nemean Games are an attempt to bring back to life
the ancient festivals that were based, like the Olympics, on athletic
competitions. There will be foot races
for competitors from around the world who are at least 8 years of age. There is no upper age limit. The races will be 90 m. in length, and the
runners will be grouped by age and by gender.
These will be the basic events of a day-long assembly of thousands of
spectators, likewise from around the world.
Interspersed with the races will be music and dance by local
groups. At the end of the day there will
be a 7.5 km. race -- "The Footsteps of Herakles" -- from the ancient Temple of Herakles in
Kleonai to the ancient stadium of Nemea. The goal is for an international
festival in the spirit of brotherhood for everyone set on the ancient earth
where first occurred the notion of substituting athletic competition for war.
Nemea, is located about 25 kilometers southwest of Corinth
in the northeastern part of the Peloponnesos in the foothills of the Arkadian
Mountains at an elevation of about 340 meters above sea level. Average temperatures are relatively cooler
than much of Greece, and we can anticipate warm, but not overwhelmingly hot,
weather during the daytime on June 23.
The nights can be chilly.
The festival will
take place in the ancient stadium (constructed about 330 B.C.) at the eastern
edge of the modern village of Ancient Nemea.
Participants will run barefoot, and wear white tunics (the ancient
chiton - in place of ancient nudity) in the first locker-room known in the
history of mankind. They will proceed
through the ancient tunnel, being careful not to damage the graffiti scratched
on its walls by athletes 2,300 years ago - and not to add their own graffiti to
the ancient monument. At the far end of
the tunnel, each participant will wait for her or his name to be announced by
the herald, and then will run out onto the track.
The participants will gather at the closed end of the track with the judges dressed in black robes just as they were in antiquity, and draw lots from a helmet for their lane assignments. They will proceed to the ancient stone starting line and curl their toes into the same stone grooves where the ancients placed their toes. At the signal, the barrier will be hurled to the ground, and the race will begin. Those who start too soon will be flogged publicly by the judges just as they were in antiquity. The winner of each race will have a ribbon tied around the head and a branch of palm - again as in antiquity. At the end of the day, each winner will receive a crown of wild celery just as happened at Nemea more than 2300 years ago.
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