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between Apollo and Python) by the "famous dancer of ancient Greek dances", Vassos, and the "mime" Tanagra
Kanellos (both Greek expatriates who came from the US for this purpose) with the repetition of the hymn to Apollo in the end. The departure of the foreign visitors was accompanied by a torch relay on the Sacred Way (Hiera Odos) by athletes with torches who would light the way so the visitors could descend towards Itea.
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The second day started with a morning visit to the Delphi
Artisan Fair, where Eva Sikelianos talked about the importance of folk art and about the value of the work on the loom, of which she was particularly fond. At 11 a.m. a speech on the Ancient Theatre was delivered in German by the archaeologist
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Constantine Psachos. At 7 p.m. a dinner followed and at 8 p.m. a performance of Byzantine choir music at the Ancient Theatre concluded the day. The weekend would be concluded with a dance-theatre performance, a mimic representation of the Septeria (the battle
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