Greek Games
Contribution of
GREECE to
the CLIVAR
The understanding
of physical
processes responsible
for climate variability
and the improvement
of its predictability shouldbe
among the main priorities
of research for the next century.
Due to its complexity, the problem requires
allocation of increased
human
economic resources and calls for broad interdisciplinary and multinational cooperation. It is therefore necessary to build the international collaboration
between scientists that CLIVAR is now trying to establish. Greece is going to contribute to this effort through national and EU supported coordinated research projects.
From the preliminary contacts with
relevant scientific groups,the following areas have been identified as possible contribution of Greece to the CLIVAR.
Thi Greek vase shows two boys playing a game that resembles cricket, without a bat. The boy to the left is throwing a ball and the boy at the rigtht is prepared to catch it if it misses the object, a wicket. This was a children's game, but the rules are not know. This game has been called ephedrismos, and is sometimes referred to as the same game shown in the nextsection