(ATR) - One of Greece's indelible symbols, the olive tree, already part of the logo for the Athens Games is also the inspiration for the torch to be used in the relay for 2004. Unveiled in a ...

an average olive tree took 10 years to produce fruit. Pisistratus' stable reign made growing such crops viable, and before long Athens was producing enough olives to become an export economy.

patron and protector of Athens – but monuments like the Erechtheion (site of the first olive tree) and Odeon of Herodes Atticus (5,000-seat open-air theatre). Tag on entry to the Acropolis ...