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In April the polytheistic society entitled Ellin.a.i.s organized a festive celebrating the spring equinox at the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion. The celebration, which after the previous main public Ellin.a.i.s’ event, was held inside the archaeological site at the north side of the temple’s compound.

It is the second time that Ellin.a.i.s organized a polytheistic religious event into a mains importance archaeological site, which also draws a big percent of the tourists’ visits on Attica. Cape Sounion is famous for its Sunset, where hundredth of couples visit the site to enjoy a romantic association under the setting bright red Sun and the columns of the sacred temple of Poseidon.

The celebration was scheduled as the last that was held in an important archaeological site on the temple of Olympian Zeus. Singing of prayers with libations that followed them were accompanied with ancient Greek like costumes for the priests/priestesses and common for the attendants. An invocation to Poseidon for the appeasing the seismic activity closed the festivity. Professor Maria Tzani was also actively present on the celebration.

At the area was dominant the presence of police force and an incident occurred prior the event when attendants refuse to pay four euro to enter the site. Attends that refuse to pay the entrance fee considered that it was unacceptable for them to pay for their religious practices. It is important to say that Ellin.a.i.s –at least for no– is not charging any fees for attending their public festivals.