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August 14, 2004
The Opening Ceremony

An aerial view of the fully illuminated Sports Complex Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, on Saturday.

A theatrical mixture of ancient and modern Greece launched the Games.

Spirits were lifted in the birthplace of the Olympics when drums thundering out the sound of a racing heartbeat reverberated under the soaring glass wings of a futuristic oval arena.

The ceremony began with a pre-show. The audience was kept enthralled by Areti Ketime with her performance 'Never on a Sunday'.

Photographs: Getty Images

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