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Olympia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II

Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Santiago Dietche, Noura Alavi, Sean Gillies

Last modified Aug 11, 2016 08:30 AM — History

tags: Zeus, UWHS

Ancient sanctuary of Zeus and home of the ancient Olympic games.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570531

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.6381535, 21.629337

Locations:

Center of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (750 BC - AD 300)
Palaestra at Olympia (330 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Olympia (750 BC - AD 300)

Makes a connection with:

None

Has a connection with:

Temple of Hera, Olympia (Attested dates needed)
Gymnasium at Olympia (Attested dates needed)

Place type:
sanctuary (religious center), palaistra, temple

References:

Evidence:

TP 6B4 (Talbert 1902)

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 B2 Olympia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Archaia Olympia

Alternate representations:
Atom, JSON, KML, KML (Neighborhood), RDF+XML, Turtle

Suggested citation:
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Santiago Dietche, Noura Alavi, and Sean Gillies, 'Olympia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570531> [accessed: 27 June 2017]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570531 |title=Places: 570531 (Olympia) |author=Reger, G., J. McK. Camp II |accessdate=June 27, 2017 10:01 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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