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In keeping with the traditions of ancient Greece, the lighting of the Olympic flame for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games took place at the Temple of Hera in ancient Olympia, Greece, on March 25, 2008.  Beginning in 776 BCE, the Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions held for representatives of the various city-states of Ancient Greece.  The Games were usually held every four years, or olympiad.  During a celebration of the Games, an Olympic Truce was enacted to enable athletes to travel from their countries to Olympia in safety.

In the ceremony, the High Priestess (actress Maria Nafpliotou) prayed to the sun god Apollo before the temple where the Olympic flame was lit according to an ancient method, where the sun's rays are focused through a parabolic mirror to ignite the flame.  Reminiscent of Hera's daughter Hebe, the cupbearer of the gods, Priestess Thalia Prokopiou held a replica of an ancient urn to receive the sacred flame from the High Priestess.  The urn bearing the sacred flame was transported to the stadium of ancient Olympia where it was used to light the first Olympic torch.

Hera is worshiped throughout Greece, and the oldest and most important temples were consecrated to her.  The Temple of Hera in ancient Olympia, Greece, a Heraion, that encompasses several minor temples and altars, is the oldest of the structures at Olympia and the earliest monumental temple in Greece.  Built circa 600 BCE, the original columns for the Heraion were of wood, but they were eventually replaced with Doric marble columns.  The dedication to Hera is confirmed by votive gifts, mostly small female terracotta statues carrying the Greek letters Eta, Rho and Alpha.  Gifts from worshipers are regularly buried in consecrated pits near the temple.

"Let your graceful form appear near me while I pray, lady Hera, to whom Atridae, illustrious kings, made prayer; after accomplishing many labors, first around Ilium, then on the sea, they started out to this island, but could not complete their journey until they called on you and Zeus the god of suppliants and Thyone's lovely son Dionysus; now be gracious and help me in accordance with that ancient precedent. Holy and fair maidens to reach the shrine." - Sappho (from Greek Lyric, Vol. I, English translations by David A. Campbell, Harvard University Press, 1982).