#ekecheiria

[crystalline-cheeto]

alrighty so today I’m gonna string together The Athenian Crown and make this post a masterpost for that so yeah ^^

You can read Chapter 1 here

You can read Chapter 2 here

Chapter 3 here

And Chapter 4 here

My horrible notes can be read here if you want to dive into that mess

More chapters may or may not come just a warning ;3

[verdantlyviolet]

Hieromenia and Ekecheiria

The hieromenia means the holy or sacred month, and represented the month or period during a month that was dedicated to a festival, including the various games held all over Ancient Greece. All business and lawsuits including verdicts were suspended during this time, anything that would ‘disturb the peace’ or would otherwise ruin the celebrations of the festival. Some hieromenia were restricted to regions that celebrated a particular festival, and one in particular applied to the entire Greek world; the games at Olympia.

The ekecheiria means the holding of hands, and represents the “truce of God.” This is an armistice, a truce, where all hostilities were suspended between participating states to allow competitors and visitors to travel to and from, and enjoy the festival safely. This means wars were suspended, armies were forbidden to move or enter the festival state/s, and again lawsuits including death sentences were prohibited. An inscription describing the truce was written on a bronze discus which was displayed at Olympia. Heralds were dispatched to announce the beginning of the ekecheiria, and these heralds were also protected by proxy.

Several violations have been recorded in history and were usually dealt with through heavy fines against the accused state. A few other memorable instances of the hieromenia in action include the battle at Thermopylae where Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought the Persians alone as the remaining Spartan army were celebrating a sacred festival.

Modern Day

Since 1993 the International Olympic Committee revived the ekecheiria or Olympic truce to harness the power of sport to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation more broadly. The modern olympic truce for participating countries begins seven days before the opening ceremony and seven days after the closing ceremony to allow all parties to travel safely.

The UN is in support of the Olympic truce and adopts a resolution called "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal". It asks member states to observe the truce each Summer and Winter Olympic Games, though at times some states refuse. This is typically in political protest against offensive behaviour in other member or host states, though the truce itself is still upheld in spirit.

The ekecheiria has only been violated three times in modern history, as recently as 2022.

Today the Olympic Truce has become an expression of mankind's desire to build a world based on the rules of fair competition, peace, humanity and reconciliation. — United Nations.

Wiki Olympic Truce

IOC Olympic Truce

UN and the Olympic Truce

Perseus Olympic Truce

Wiki Hieromenia

Perseus Hieromenia

Perseus Hieromenia 2

Perseus Ekecheiria

[elladastinkardiamou]

The ancient Greek tradition of the ekecheiria, or the Olympic Truce refers to the cessation of hostilities before, during and after the Olympic Games, and is still applied nowadays. In view of the XXXII Olympiad (from July 24 to August 9) and the XVI Paralympic Games (from August 25 to September 6) to be held in Tokyo next year, the UN General Assembly adopted on November 9, a consensus resolution urging UN Member States to observe the Olympic Truce. According to the UN resolution, as in the ancient Greek tradition, the Truce will begin one week before the opening of the Olympic Games ending one week after the closing of the Paralympic Games.

800 ancient olympic gamesThis tradition dates back to the 8th century BC when the oracle of Delphi advised Greeks to replace the incessant cycle of armed conflict with a friendly athletic competition every four years. That is how the Olympic Games began in 776 BC and how the Olympic Truce was born calling for the cessation of fighting before and after the Games, allowing thus athletes, artists and spectators to participate in the Olympic Games, and return to their homelands in peace. The sacred Greek tradition of ekecheiria constituted the cornerstone of the Olympic Games in ancient times and it is considered the longest lasting peace accord in history.

[effulgentpoet]

mythology aesthetics

EKECHEIRIA

In Greek mythology, Ekecheiria was the personified spirit of truce, armistice, and the cessation of hostilities. She was honoured at Olympia during the Olympic Games when a general armistice was declared amongst the states of Greece. X

[diioonysus]

greek mythology ↣ PERSONIFIED CONCEPTS

[sapphicplantmom]

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[merflk]

M Y T H S: Ekecheiria

In Greek mythology, Ekecheiria (also transliterated as Ekekheiria) was the spirit and personification of truce, armistice, and cessation of hostilities, and is also used to refer to the Olympic truce. In Olympia there was a statue of her crowning Iphitos of Elis. [x]

[paperstorm]

Can you give us any hints about Ékécheiria? Like what the angst will be about?

Ummmmm the angst will involve a new villain … but will also be somewhat related to Michael’s dad. That’s all I’m sayin’ for now. *whistles innocently*