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Official wardrobe worn by the High Priestess of the Athens 2004 flame-lighting ceremony, which is composed of a beautifully handmade heavy fabric dress with its matching cloth belt and a pair of leather sandals. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by an official program booklet for the Athens 2004 Olympic flame-lighting and handover ceremony, held at Ancient Olympia on March 25, 2004, which depicts the dress of the High Priestess.
The duty of the High Priestess in Olympia is to perform the lighting of the Olympic flame by invoking Apollo, the Greek god of light. Among the pillars, in the ruins of the Temple of Hera, beneath Kronos Hill, a parabolic mirror is used to concentrate the rays of the sun and spark a flame, igniting the Olympic torch held by the High Priestess. From this torch, the flame is passed, or kissed, to the lekythos bowl, which is carried into the ancient stadium and used as a conduit to light the first torch of the Olympic relay.
