Athens Olympics
2004 Summer Games
The Athens Olympics refers to the 2004 Summer Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece, notable for returning the modern Olympics to the country where both the ancient games and the first modern Olympics (1896) originated.
The games are often invoked when discussing Olympic homecomings or Greek athletic heritage: The Athens Olympics brought the torch back to its birthplace.
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- ancient GreeceClassical Mediterranean civilization
- host cityPlace staging an event
- 2004Early twenty-first century
- torchHandheld burning light source
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