--- description: In TIME’s photo of the day, a Greek actress practices passing the Olympic flame in advance of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. title: TIME's Photo of the Day: A Greek actress passes the Olympic flame image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe9cbe3d5b6c93c9/6987a78035ba6f438fc09f3d/ap58743240072.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Passing the Torch by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 28, 2013 9:22 PM CUT  Actress Ino Menegaki as high priestess, left, passes the Olympic Flame to the first torch runner - Greek champion skier Giannis Antoniou - during the final dress rehearsal at Ancient Olympia, in west southern Greece. Actress Ino Menegaki as high priestess, left, passes the Olympic Flame to the first torch runner - Greek champion skier Giannis Antoniou - during the final dress rehearsal at Ancient Olympia, in west southern Greece.Thanassis Stavrakis—AP by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 28, 2013 9:22 PM CUT  Actress Ino Menegaki as high priestess, left, passes the Olympic Flame to the first torch runner - Greek champion skier Giannis Antoniou - during the final dress rehearsal at Ancient Olympia, in west southern Greece. Thanassis Stavrakis—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3802774/passing-the-torch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3802774/passing-the-torch/"},"headline":"Passing the Torch","datePublished":"2013-09-28T21:22:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:40:40.334Z","description":"In TIME’s photo of the day, a Greek actress practices passing the Olympic flame in advance of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.","url":"https://time.com/3802774/passing-the-torch/","keywords":["LightBox","Photo of the Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe9cbe3d5b6c93c9/6987a78035ba6f438fc09f3d/ap58743240072.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo Department","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe9cbe3d5b6c93c9/6987a78035ba6f438fc09f3d/ap58743240072.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ino Menegaki, Giannis Antoniou","caption":"Actress Ino Menegaki as high priestess, left, passes the Olympic Flame to the first torch runner - Greek champion skier Giannis Antoniou - during the final dress rehearsal at Ancient Olympia, in west southern Greece.","creditText":"Thanassis Stavrakis—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3802774/passing-the-torch/","name":"Passing the Torch"}}]}] ```