The plain on which the Olympic Stadium has been erected (1978-1982) was once part of the ancient deme of Athmonon.

“Identical to a bow and a lyre”

The curve line “identical to a bow and a lyre” as per Heracletus – which combines competition with music and culture, the body with the soul and the spirit – takes form and becomes the main architectural element in a modern facility of sport and culture, where the past and the present aim toward the future, where the visible and imaginary curve unites Greek antiquity with contemporary Olympic reality.

Welcome to the website of the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens ‘Spiros Louis’.