Olympia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Santiago Dietche, Noura Alavi, R. Talbert
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 10, 2018 08:20 PM
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History
Ancient sanctuary of Zeus and home of the ancient Olympic games.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570531
37.6386894206, 21.6308747804
- OSM location of Olympia (750 BC - AD 640)
- Olympia (750 BC - AD 300)
- None
- Temple of Hera, Olympia connection Olympia (unspecified date range)
- Gymnasium at Olympia connection Olympia (unspecified date range)
- Palaestra at Olympia at Olympia (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Zeus at Olympia at Olympia (unspecified date range)
sanctuary (religious center)
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 58 B2 Olympia
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture, ODYSSEUS Portal, s.v. "Olympia" by Olympia Vikatou
- Lauffer 1989, 479-88
- Müller 1987, 809-13
- PECS (Perseus), OLYMPIA Greece
- Paus. (Spiro: Perseus) 5.16.1
- ToposText Olympian Zeus sanctuary (Eleia)
- UNESCO World Heritage List, Archaeological Site of Olympia
- Wikidata Q38888
- Wikipedia (English) Olympia, Greece
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 B2 Olympia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Archaia Olympia
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Santiago Dietche, Noura Alavi, and R. Talbert, 'Olympia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570531> [accessed: 18 January 2019]
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