We almost got banned in Greece!?

[Peter Raftos]

I tracked down a couple of news service articles about the event. Paul is right, rather than anyone engage in religous chest beating you can read these and form your own opinions. While they may not represent a totally accurate view of the event, they may give you some insight into the state of affairs in Greece:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/artic ... 00346.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070121/lf ... rchaeology
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17250/g ... eus-temple
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17251/z ... -to-temple
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17252/z ... -in-greece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6285397.stm [/url]

Generally the Christians and Pagans on this forum respect each others belief systems and don't use these sorts of things to beat each other up.

Yannis' comments are quite pertinent in relation to winning the hearts and minds of the media and observers. Once that is achieved they can carry the day on your behalf - even if the authorities object.

We know Themistoklis and his group do their best with costume etc, How about the rest of the participants, what period costume were they trying to portray? From the scant photos they seem to need a bit of research.