Athene 2004 - Lightning of the Olympic Cauldron 

The Greeks they don’t nieces to gods . Because they are gods are similar to humans . That is the difference

​@@ΔημήτρηςΒιολάρηςshut up! Your Yahweh is a killer and jealous god read your fairytale

4 years later but it doesnt matter, it is symbolic yes, but not for (only) that reason, the cauldron bows down to the country that originated the olympic games! Symbolizing that the olympic games are back home!

This is great… I’m still more impressed by Barcelona, Sydney, and Beijing.

I remember this when Athens was chosen to host this Olympics after it returns 108 years since the first ever modern Olympics also the birthplace of the Olympics, was one of the best, the person to light the Olympic flame into the cauldron was not supposed to light the flame into the cauldron it was the 200m reigning Olympic Champion in the Track and Field is the favorite to given the honor, but he withdrew from the games because he said that he and his training partner which happened to be the Olympic Silver Medalist in the women's 100m in T and F, had a motorcycle crash which many believe that is was staged to avoid a random drug test. As a result, he was chosen to be the final torchbearer.

YAS!! 😎

True, 2004 was THE year of Greece.

Agree the camera angle is way better here.

The Opening Ceremony authentic original video was wayyyyy better than the lame one that was uploaded in the Olympic channel!!! The OC version seemed like backstage scenes compared with the prototype broadcasted all over the world! There were 3 different video versions.The olympic one, the american one (broadcasted in USA) & the greek one broadcasted in the rest of the world) You can guess which video was (by far!) the best! 👌🇬🇷

Much much better

@@mariovision9412 is this usa or greek version?

@@auv5555 Neither. Its the Olympic one.

I did. I even said to my fiancee this is how you light an Olympic Flame.

Όλοι μας , ήρθαμε εδώ , με υπερηφάνεια !!!😊❤

Take my like sir

2004 was the best because of Tiesto

​@@StevenPGonzalez626μόνο για τον Τιεστο? Εδώ τόσα είδαμε όλοι την ιστορία

The original song played after the lighting of the cauldron is "Ela pare mou ti lipi" by famed greek composer Manos Chatzidakis. But it was vastly adapted. The dramatic music playing during the lighting of the cauldron is the theme from the film Pirogov, Opus 76a: Finale by Dmitry Sostakovich.

@@heartsofshader I think so

Actually it's Shostakovich!

I hate that I see it too

An Olympic Needle to be more accurate(see the big hole below the tip). Beijing's was an unraveling big blunt- as if the stadium was smoking a cigar!

Athens 2004 was the most ICONIC

Beijing the most impressive, Athens the most emotional and symbolic (nothing beats the original), Barcelona the most impressive Torch lighting..

Sergei Prokofiev -Pirogov Variations.

@@remicolson6312 Actually it's Dimitri Shostakovich's Pirogov- Finale

that was hilarious! even to a greek citizen. it might as well be true my friend... nobody told us...

only I see it as racist af? 😂 Really I consider many European people to be racist af when meeting Greeks on economic issues dispite the fact that every country once in a while had its downs and ups... seems people are cruel when it comes to other nations but when it comes to them self -critics aren't so effective

​@@athlitikosomateioanth4567πως τον πετσόκοψες έτσι!