To conclude this overall segment of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony, everyone that performed up to this point came out, starting with those drummers, in preparation for the city's ancient symbol arrival. According to Greek myth, the land Athens now stands was fought between Poseidon (Ποσειδων; God of the Sea, Horses and Earthquakes) and Athena (Αθήνα; Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare, Handicrafts and Reason). When Athena gave birth to the olive (Ελιά) tree around the Acropolis area with her lance, Zeus (Ζεύς) and the other Greek Gods granted her the land over Poseidon in the end. That is why Athens is named here. At this point, the water was being drained slowly, with the "rocks" rising toward the revealing of an olive tree. Once that was done, the overall segment was finished and would lead to one of the big highlights of any Olympic Games: the PARADE of ATHLETES.