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
Jun 11, 2023 12:19 AM
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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
37.6386871923, 21.6308436906
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Olympia (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Olympia (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ὀλυμπίᾳ (Olympia: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)
- None
- Gymnasium at Olympia connection Olympia (unspecified date range)
- Metroon at Olympia located at Olympia (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Palaestra at Olympia located at Olympia (unspecified date range)
- Philippeion located at Olympia (400 BC - 301 BC)
- Temple of Hera, Olympia located at Olympia (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Zeus at Olympia located at Olympia (unspecified date range)
sanctuary (religious center), archaeological site
- 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
- ToposText Olympian Zeus sanctuary (Eleia)
- Völling 2018
- WHL 517: Archaeological Site of Olympia
- 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, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570531> [accessed: 20 January 2025]
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