The Pan-Hellenic Delphic Games of antiquity, which celebrated the arts, was reinstated in an eight-day festival in Delphi, Greece, June 4-11, 2005. The historic re-inauguration will featured live world-class performances, intensive workshops by renowned artists and roundtable discussions on the convergence of dance, music, drama and poetry inspired by the venerable tradition of the Delphic Games and the rich mytho-history of Delphi.

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This event was sponsored by the Isadora Duncan International Institute, Inc., the Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition (Publisher of Parabola Magazine) and The Town of Delphi (Mayor Panagiotis Kaltsis). Major support for this initiative comes from the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation.

Presenters include renowned storyteller, author, scholar of mythology Michael Meade, the distinguished dance performer and lecturer Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D., and Keynote speaker Richard G. Geldard, Ph.D., Greek scholar and author of The Traveler's Key to Ancient Greece, who will also lead sessions on the power of healing in Greek Drama. The Festival of The Delphic Games will offer attendees the unique opportunity to participate in a historic, yet intimate, event with extraordinary presenters on Mount Parnassus at sacred sites rarely open to the public. Selected films from Parabola Magazine's 'Cinema of the Spirit' series will also be shown and discussed. The workshop intensives may be available for graduate and undergraduate credit upon prior arrangement.