Athenian Processions

Anna Biza

The interpretation of the word “flow” could be defined as collaborative happenings that constitute a process. Seeking after the word’s origin throughout the centuries, the word derived from the Proto-Indo-European plōw with its roots to the Hellenic plѐō (πλέω) which means “to float”.Flow can take many shapes and meanings with either a natural or theoretical approach of definition. Taking into consideration the primal-Hellenic meaning of “flow” and then placing it on the context of the Athenian cityscape, a question occurs. What flows/floats in Athens?A floative process that has been always developed in the city of Athens is the long-lasting practice of a procession. Athenian processions are being detected through a wide spectrum of time until nowadays and are combined with both traditions and contemporary issues of all the social classes. Dominant purpose of this research will be the recording, the analysis and the elucidation of Athenian processions.