With all the festivals being planned right now, the Hellenic scribes didn't want our fellow Greeks to feel left out and neglected. We are in the beginning stages of planning a festival for the 2nd weekend of March in honor of Zeus & athletes. The Ancient Greeks called in Olympieia.

Here are what a couple of websites say about the event in ancient times:

• Olympieia - celebrated in the Spring, this festival in honor of Zeus combined religious festivities with athletic events - http://www.loggia.com/myth/festivals.html
• Olympieia, a festival in honour of Olympian Zeus. It was instituted by Peisistratos and was associated with the inauguration of the temple of Olympian Zeus at Athenai. The festival included a procession of cavalry. - http://www.geocities.com/hiera_mysteria/menos.html

Would you like to help us plan this fest? Let Alerissa, Bacchus or myself know! (Or, you can just post your interest here!) So far on the drawing board is a quiz on Zeus and the many forms he took to woo mortal women & a contest (either costume or decorating) of some sort to illustrate the same.