Olympic flame returns to Greece

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (L), president of the Athens Olympics Organizing Committee (ATHOC), delivers a speech at the welcoming ceremony in Greece July 9, 2004. After its five-continent voyage, the Olympic flame returned to Greece on Friday for the second leg of its domestic torch relay leading up to the Athens Olympics. The Olympic Flame travels to 34 cities in 27 countries en route to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, president of the Athens Olympics Organizing Committee (ATHOC), walks off the plane, holding a small lamp containing the holy fire at the airport of Heraklion, Crete, on a chartered Boeing 747 dubbed Zeus July 9, 2004. After its five-continent voyage, the Olympic flame returned to Greece on Friday for the second leg of its domestic torch relay leading up to the Athens Olympics. The Olympic Flame travels to 34 cities in 27 countries en route to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.