Olympic Anthem

 

The Olympic official anthem was chosen by the International Olympic Committee in 1957. Its song was composed by Spiros Samaras and was performed by Kostis Palamas as a solo singer:

 

Immortal spirit of antiquity

Father of true, beautiful and good,

Descend, appear, and shed over us thy light

Upon this ground and under this sky

Which has first witnessed thy unperishable fame

Give life and animation to those noble games!

Throw wreaths of fadeless flowers to the visitors

In the race and in the strife!

Create in your breasts, hearts of steel!

In thy light, plains, mountains and seas

Shine in a roseate hue and form a vast temple

To which all nations throng to adore thee,

Oh immortal spirit of antiquity