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Marathon 2015 - Kineas - 11-14-2014 Some of us have been working for two years to make sure there's another event at Marathon in Greece, and as of today I can say with confidence that it is ON. The event will begin on October 27th 2015, a Tuesday,with pack in and set up, and Wednesday, the 28th, will be nothing but practice and skills training and working with a Greek interpreter staff. Thursday, the 29th will feature an opening ceremony in the Marathon Stadium where we will be a sort of Panathenaic parade (like the frieze but with fewer horses) and then we'll receive school groups the rest of Thursday and all day Friday. Saturday and Sunday our camps will be open tot he public, and we'll put on demonstrations of everything from period cooking to military tactics. The organizer want to make sure this is not a 'war show' and I'd strongly recommend that every group come with a demonstration of civilian life as well as a military impressions. Interested individuals or groups need to contact me or Giannis Kadoglou. Anyone who was there last time will tell you that it is magical to recreate Ancient Greece IN GREECE. Don't miss this opportunity! The Municipality of Marathon would like to have events in 2017 and 2019 as well, to allow us to train and practice for Thermopylae in 2020 and Plataea in 2021. Marathon 2015 - Theron_of _Sikyon - 11-14-2014 What will the weather be like at that time of year and what will be equipment standards? Is there an approved form of tent for this? Edward Marathon 2015 - Giannis K. Hoplite - 11-14-2014 Hello! As Kineas said Marathon is definitely on! Both Christian and I have just returned from a trip at Marathon among other places, and the event will be roughly this time of the year, if a little earlier. The weather is definitely bearable, between 15-20 degrees. It might rain, so everybody should be prepared for that, and most of us plan to have a period camp (not obligatory). Interested attendees should contact me regarding equipment standards, since I am Aphictyonia's authenticity officer (the organizer League of ancient reenactment groups) It is advisable that individual participants try to join one of the participating groups, since this would make it easier to reach standards, have insurance, and really, most groups are a great help. Whilst there is some idea what greek tents might have looked like, any type of tend with organic materials will be accepted in our period camp. Most probably there will be a separate camp not very far away, for modern campers, and then again some people might opt to stay in one of the many hotels in the region. Khairete Giannis Marathon 2015 - Giannis K. Hoplite - 11-15-2014 A photo from Ancient Plataea, during Christian Cameron's Pen and Sword tour of ancient battlefields, last week. As you can see, with two chitons, or even one, we had no problem to demonstrate for a couple of hours, and it was almost raining! [attachment=11137]10429242_10152935500387518_7748004483522226953_n.jpg[/attachment] Khairete Giannis Marathon 2015 - Giannis K. Hoplite - 11-15-2014 Worth noting that we don't only want Greeks, we would actually need more Persians, Skythians, Thracians etc. [attachment=11138]10530845_779887982082643_4938924492587202512_n.jpg[/attachment] Marathon 2015 - Kineas - 11-15-2014 I was quite comfortable in just a chiton and thorakes. It will be windy at Schinias beach if that is where we camp, but November in Attika is just not like November in Canada... Marathon 2015 - Dan D'Silva - 11-15-2014 I am so psyched. Marathon 2015 - Theron_of _Sikyon - 11-16-2014 Are there any american groups planning on attending? Marathon 2015 - Dan D'Silva - 11-16-2014 There's Christian's own group, Taxeis Plataia. I think it's based in Toronto? but has a lot of American members. I'm gonna be flying out from Philly on my own again since XMFM has failed to recruit anyone. Marathon 2015 - Kineas - 11-18-2014 Our group, the Plataeans, is going. we're US and Canadian and have about 40 members, evenly divided between hoplite and non-hoplite impressions... I expect we'll have almost as many Scythians as Greeks, and a pretty good civilian impression too. Happy to have other US and Canadian groups, or to accept folks to come with us for this one event. Marathon 2015 - maitre Renard - 12-07-2014 fine aspis! Marathon 2015 - Giannis K. Hoplite - 12-09-2014 We have received the official letter from the Municipality of Marathon in which they express their willingness to work with reenactors and accomodate our needs. It is addressed to Amphictyonia's Hegemon, Christian Cameron. Quote: Dear Mr. Cameron, So on we go to Marathon 2015! Khairete Giannis Marathon 2015 - Giannis K. Hoplite - 06-01-2015 This map shows the plain of Marathon, and within it our CAMP SITE, the trophy of the battle raised by the Athenians, the tomb of the 192 Athenians who fell in battle, the modern village of Marathon and the route towards Athens, which crosses the plain and goes through the lower end of the photo. [attachment=12412]marathonmap1.jpg[/attachment] RE: Marathon 2015 - Giannis K. Hoplite - 05-22-2016 A photo with Mike Brenan at Marathon. |