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🌍 Olympia (Elis)

<div data-attribute_names="[]">👤 Cteatos👤 Eurytos (s. of Molione)👤 Molione👤 Sisyphos🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese)🌍 Isthmia (Argolid)</div>
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home of the Olympic Games
Pleiades
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570531
Cult site of
👤 Cybele (goddess)👤 Heracles (Dactyl)👥 the Muses👤 Ge👤 Themis👤 Despoina👤 Castor (Spartan)👤 Polydeuces (Spartan)👤 Pan (god)👤 Tyche👤 Cladeos (river god)👤 Ammon (god)👤 Dionysos (Olympian)👤 Eileithyia👤 Sosipolis👤 Aphrodite👤 Cronos👤 Myrtilos👤 Zeus (Olympian)👥 the Dactyloi👤 Epimedes👤 Idas (Dactyl)👤 Paionaios👤 Iasos (Dactyl)👤 Physcoa👤 Alpheios (river god)👤 Pelops (Pisan)👤 Hera👤 Hephaistos👤 Demeter👤 Iamos
Place of death of
👤 Alcathoos (Aitolian)
Place of burial of
👤 Ischenos👤 Olenios (Elian)👤 Dameon👤 Oinomaos (Elian)👤 Alcathoos (Aitolian)🏺 the Object of Taraxippos👤 Aitolos (Elian)👤 Endymion👤 Hippodameia (Elian)👤 Pelops (Pisan)
Games established by
👤 Heracles👤 Heracles (Dactyl)👤 Zeus (Olympian)
Games held by
👤 Pelops (Pisan)👤 Clymenos (Cretan)👤 Endymion👤 Amythaon👤 Pelias (Thessalian)👤 Neleus (Pylian)👤 Augeias (Elian)👤 Heracles👤 Oxylos (Elian)👤 Hippodameia (Elian)
Named by
👤 Heracles
Ruled by
👤 Pelops (Pisan)
Relics preserved on site
🏛️ the Tomb of Aitolos (Olympia)🏛️ the House of Oinomaos (Olympia)🏛️ the Tomb of Oinomaos (Olympia)🏛️ the Altar of Idaian Heracles and the Dactyloi at Olympia 🏛️ the Stable of the Horses of Oinomaos (Olympia)🏛️ the Tomb of Pelops (Olympia)🏛️ the Altar of Pelops at Olympia🏛️ the Wild Olive Tree at Olympia🏛️ the Tomb of Endymion (Olympia)🏺 the Toy Couch of Hippodameia🏺 the Sword of Pelops🏺 the Horn of Amaltheia🏛️ the Ash Altar of Zeus at Olympia 🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Areios at Olympia🏛️ the Ash Altar of Hera at Olympia 🏛️ the Temple of Hera at Olympia🏺 the Bones of Hippodameia🏛️ the Tomb of Taraxippos (Olympia)
Encompasses
🏛️ the Altar of Pelops at Olympia 🏛️ the Double Altars at Olympia 🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Taraxippos (Olympia) 🏛️ the Temple of Zeus at Olympia 🏛️ the Tomb of Endymion (Olympia) 🌍 the Stadium at Olympia 🏛️ the Tomb of Aitolos (Olympia) 🏛️ the Temple of Cronos at Olympia 🏛️ the Altar of Idaian Heracles and the Dactyloi at Olympia 🏛️ the Temple of Hera at Olympia 🏛️ the House of Oinomaos (Olympia) 🏛️ the Sicyonian Treasury (Olympia) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia 🏛️ the Epidamnian Treasuries (Olympia) 🏛️ the Metapontine Treasury (Olympia) 🏛️ the Megarian Treasury (Olympia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Hippodameia (Olympia) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Pelops at Olympia 🏛️ the Ash Altar of Zeus at Olympia 🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Areios at Olympia 🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Hercios at Olympia 🏛️ the Ash Altar of Hera at Olympia 🌍 the Sanctuary of Demeter Chamyne at Olympia 🏛️ the Tomb of Oinomaos (Olympia) 🌍 the Hippodrome (Olympia) 🏛️ the Stable of the Horses of Oinomaos (Olympia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Pelops (Olympia) 🏛️ the Wild Olive Tree at Olympia 🏛️ the Oracle of Iamos (Olympia) 🎨 Wooden Chest of Cypselos (LIMC Achilleus 205) 🎨 Metopes of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (Olympia East 1-6; West 1-6; LIMC Amazones 97) 🎨 East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia by Paionios (LIMC Alpheios 8) 🎨 West Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia by Alcamenes (LIMC Apollon 914) 🎨 Cult Statue of Zeus at Olympia by Pheidias (LIMC Zeus 89) 🎨 Statue of Hermes and Dionysos at the Temple of Hera, Olympia, by Praxiteles (LIMC Dionysos 675) 🎨 Statue of Heracles and the Amazons in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia, by Aristocles of Cydonia (LIMC Amazones 94) 🎨 Statue Group of Zeus and the Asopids in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia (LIMC Aigina 28) 🎨 Reliefs on Semicircular Pedestal in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia (Not Extant) 🎨 Statue of Zeus and Ganymedes in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia, by Agathocles (LIMC Ganymedes 75) 🎨 Statue Group of Zeus, Pelops, and Alpheios in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia (LIMC Alpheios 9) 🎨 Statue Group of Leaders of the Greek Contingent, in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia, by Onatas (LIMC Aias I 21) 🎨 Statue of Heracles and the Nemean Lion in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia, by Nicodamos of Mainalos (LIMC Herakles 1906) 🎨 Statue Group of Heracles in the Garden of the Hesperides in the Epidamnian Treasury, Olympia (LIMC Atlas 6) 🎨 Statue Group of Herakles and Acheloos in the Megarian Treasury, Olympia (Not Extant) 🎨 Statues dedicated by Micythos of Tegea in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia (LIMC Aphrodite 137) 🎨 Statue Group of Zeus, Orpheus, Dionysis and Agon by Dionysius of Argos, dedicated at Olympia by Micythus (Not Extant; LIMC Dionysos 211) 🎨 Bronze Statue of Hippodameia crowning Pelops from the Hippodrome at Olympia (Not Extant; LIMC Hippodameia I 3) 🎨 Statues of the Hesperides, originally in a Group in the Epidamnian Treasury at Olympia () 🎨 Statue of Endymion in the Metapontine Treasury, Olympia () ⚒️ Inscription on the Statue of Timon at Olympia (Not Extant)
Has depictions of
👤 Athena👤 Atlas👤 Cerberos (dog)👤 the Cerynitian Deer👤 the Cretan Bull👤 the Erymanthian Boar👤 Eurystheus👤 Geryon👤 Heracles👤 Hermes👤 Hippolyte (Amazon I)👥 the Mares of Diomedes👤 the Nemean Lion👥 the Stymphalian Birds🏺 the Bow of Heracles🏺 the Club of Heracles🏺 the Golden Apples of the Hesperides👤 the Hydra🏛️ the Stables of Augeias (Elis)🏺 the Jar of Eurystheus👤 Amythaon👤 Arcas👤 Chrysippos (s. of Pelops)👤 Eileithyia👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Hippodameia (Elian)👤 Pelops (Pisan)👤 Melampous👤 Myrtilos👤 Oinomaos (Elian)👤 Sterope (Atlantid)🏺 the Chariot of Pelops👤 Alpheios (river god)👥 the Horses of Oinomaos👤 Cillas (eponym)👤 Clytios (s. of Alcmaion)👤 Iamos👤 Cladeos (river god)👤 Sosipolis👥 the Horses of Pelops👤 Apollo👥 the Centaurs👤 Eurytion (Thessalian centaur)👤 Theseus👤 Peirithous (Lapith)👤 Hippodameia (w. of Peirithous)👥 the Lapiths attacked by Centaurs⏳ the Wedding of Peirithous and Hippodameia
Reported to have depictions of
👤 Acastos (s. of Pelias)👤 Achilles👤 Admetos (Argonaut)👤 Agamemnon👤 Aias (the greater)👤 Aias (the lesser)👤 Aithra (m. of Theseus)👤 Alcestis👤 Alcmaion (epigonos)👤 Alcmene👤 Alexander (Trojan)👤 Amphiaraos👤 Amphilochos (epigonos)👤 Amphitryon👤 Aphrodite👤 Apollo👤 Ares👤 Ariadne👤 Asterios (s. of Cometes)👤 Atalante👤 Athena👤 Atlas👤 Baton👤 Boreas👤 Calais👤 Cassandra👤 Castor (Spartan)👥 the Centaurs👤 Cheiron (centaur)👤 Circe👤 Dionysos (Olympian)👤 Eos👤 Eriphyle👤 Eris👤 Eteocles (Theban)👤 Euphemos (Argonaut)👤 Euryale (Gorgon)👤 Hera👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Geryon👤 Hector (Trojan)👤 Hephaistos👤 Heracles👤 Hermes👤 Hippodameia (Elian)👤 Idas (Argonaut)👤 Iolaos👤 Iphiclos (s. of Phylacos)👤 Jason (Argonaut)🌍 Corinth (Argolid)🌍 Athens (Attica)👤 Theseus👤 Pelops (Pisan)👤 Oreithyia (Athenian)👤 Oxylos (Elian)👤 Peleus👥 the Gorgons👥 the Harpies👤 Helen👥 the Muses👤 Perseus (Argive)👤 Phineus (Thracian)👤 Polydeuces (Spartan)👤 Polyneices👤 Marpessa👤 Medeia👤 Melanion (h. of Atalante)👤 Memnon👤 Menelaos👤 Nausicaa👥 the Nereids👤 Odysseus👤 Oinomaos (Elian)👤 Stheno (Gorgon)👤 Thetis👤 Zetes🏺 the Palladion (statue)🏺 the Winged Sandals🏺 the Bow of Heracles🏺 the Necklace of Harmonia🌍 Aitolia🏺 the Golden Apple of Eris🌍 Troy (Troad)🏺 the Golden Apples of the Hesperides🏛️ the Temple of Athena at Troy🏺 the Second Armour of Achilles🌍 Argos (city)🌍 Elis (region)🏺 the Chariot of Pelops👤 the Hydra⏳ the Funeral Games of Pelias (Iolcos)👤 Nyx👤 Thanatos👤 Hypnos👤 Ker👤 Iphidamas (Trojan)👤 Coon👤 Aletes (Corinthian)👤 Argeios (Argonaut)👥 the Horses of Oinomaos👤 Demonassa (d. of Amphiaraos)👤 Eribotes (Argonaut)👤 Eurydice (Argive)👤 Mopsos (Argonaut)👤 Neotheus👤 Pisos👤 Melas (Corinthian)🌍 Spring and River Amymone (Argolid)👤 Phalareus🏺 the Crown of Ariadne👥 the Horses of Pelops🏺 the Cup of the Taphians👤 the Cerynitian Deer👤 the Cretan Bull👤 the Erymanthian Boar👤 the Nemean Lion👥 the Stymphalian Birds🏺 the War-Belt of Hippolyte🌍 Erytheia (unlocatable)🌍 Knossos (Crete)🏛️ the Stables of Augeias (Elis)👤 Diomedes (Thracian)👤 Myrtilos👤 Sterope (Atlantid)🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese)👤 Alpheios (river god)👤 Cillas (eponym)👤 Sphairos (charioteer)🌍 River Cladeos (Elis)👤 Cladeos (river god)👤 Eurytion (Thessalian centaur)👤 Peirithous (Lapith)👤 Hippodameia (w. of Peirithous)👤 Caineus👥 the Lapiths attacked by Centaurs👤 Amphitrite👤 Artemis👥 the Charites👤 Hestia👤 Poseidon👥 the Hesperides👥 the Horai👤 Penthesileia👤 Prometheus (fire-stealer)👤 Nike (personification)👤 Selene👤 Sphinx👥 the Amazons🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos)👤 the Caucasian Eagle👥 the Children of Niobe👤 Salamis (eponym)👤 Eros👤 Peitho (personification)👤 Charis🏺 the Bow of Artemis🏺 the Bow of Apollo🏺 the Chains of Prometheus👤 Hippolyte (Amazon I)👤 Aigina👤 Asopos (river god)👤 Thebe (Boiotian)👤 Harpina (eponym)👤 Corcyra👤 Nemea (eponym)👤 Aineias👤 Deiphobos (Trojan)👤 Diomedes (Argive I)👤 Helenos (Trojan)👤 Hemera👤 Ganymedes (s. of Tros)👤 Idomeneus (Cretan)👤 Nestor👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy👤 Helios👤 Ladon (serpent)🌍 the Garden of the Hesperides (unlocatable)👤 Acheloos (river god)👤 Deianeira (w. of Heracles)👤 Asclepios👤 Persephone👤 Hygieia👤 Orpheus👤 Agon👤 Endymion
Related entities
👤 Heracles🏛️ the Altar of Pelops at Olympia🏛️ the Double Altars at Olympia 👤 Zeus (Olympian)🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia)🏛️ the Tomb of Taraxippos (Olympia)👤 Cronos👥 the Couretes (guardians)👤 Aitolos (eponym)👤 Endymion🌍 Elis (region)👤 Epeios (Elian)👤 Paion (s. of Endymion)🏛️ the Tomb of Aitolos (Olympia)🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans👤 Heracles (Dactyl)🏛️ the Wild Olive Tree at Olympia👥 the Dactyloi👤 Apollo👤 Ares👤 Hermes🌍 Crete (island)👤 Clymenos (Cretan)👤 Pelops (Pisan)👤 Amythaon👤 Pelias (Thessalian)👤 Neleus (Pylian)👤 Augeias (Elian)👤 Iolaos👤 Castor (Spartan)👤 Polydeuces (Spartan)👤 Iasios (Arcadian)👤 Oxylos (Elian)🏛️ the House of Oinomaos (Olympia)👤 Cybele (goddess)👤 Ge👤 Themis👥 the Muses👤 Despoina👤 Pan (god)👤 Tyche👤 Cladeos (river god)👤 Ammon (god)👤 Hera👤 Hippodameia (Elian)👤 Chloris (d. of Amphion)👤 Dionysos (Olympian)👤 Narcaios👤 Physcoa👤 Myrtilos👥 the Horses of Oinomaos🏛️ the Tomb of Oinomaos (Olympia)🌍 Pisa (Elis)🏛️ the Altar of Idaian Heracles and the Dactyloi at Olympia 🏛️ the Stable of the Horses of Oinomaos (Olympia)🏛️ the Tomb of Pelops (Olympia)🌍 River Istros (Europe)👤 Oinomaos (Elian)👥 the Moirai👤 Chronos (personification)👤 Echemos (Arcadian)👤 Oionos👤 Samos (s. of Halirrhothios)👤 Doryclos (Tirynthian)👤 Phrastor👤 Niceus👥 the Argonauts🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🌍 Olympia (Elis)🌍 Syracuse (Sicily)🌍 Epizephyrian Locris (Italy)👤 Aphrodite👤 Eileithyia🌍 Opous (Locris)🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos)👤 Iamos👤 Sosipolis🌍 Camarina (Sicily)🏛️ the Idaian Cave (Elis)👤 Alcathoos (Aitolian)👤 Amphion (Theban)👤 Poseidon👤 Ischenos👤 Dameon👤 Olenios (Elian)🏺 the Object of Taraxippos🌍 the Hippodrome (Olympia)🌍 the Stadium at Olympia🏛️ the Tomb of Endymion (Olympia)👤 Aitolos (Elian)👤 Pieria (Elian)👤 Epimedes👤 Paionaios👤 Iasos (Dactyl)👤 Idas (Dactyl)🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia🌍 Scillos (Elis)🏺 the Toy Couch of Hippodameia🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Hercios at Olympia 🏺 the Horn of Amaltheia🏺 the Sword of Pelops🌍 Sicyon (Argolid)👤 Alpheios (river god)🏛️ the Temple of Hera at Olympia🏛️ the Ash Altar of Zeus at Olympia 🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Areios at Olympia🏛️ the Ash Altar of Hera at Olympia 🌍 Mideia (Argolid)🏺 the Bones of Hippodameia🌍 Acragas (Sicily)🌍 Epidamnos (Illyria)🌍 Metapontion (Italy)🌍 Megara (Argolid)👥 the Suitors of Hippodameia👤 Hephaistos🌍 the Underworld🏺 the Chariot of Hades👤 Demeter
Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.7.2📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 20-43📖 Pausanias 8.2.1-8.2.7📖 Pausanias 5.1.4📖 Pausanias 5.2.1-5.2.5📖 Pausanias 5.4.4📖 Pausanias 5.7.6-5.7.10📖 Pausanias 5.8.1📖 Pausanias 5.8.2📖 Pausanias 5.8.3-5.8.4📖 Pausanias 5.8.5📖 Pausanias 6.18.7📖 Pausanias 8.48.1📖 Pausanias 5.14.4-5.14.10📖 Pausanias 5.15.4📖 Pausanias 5.15.5📖 Pausanias 5.15.6-5.15.9📖 Pausanias 5.15.7📖 Pausanias 5.15.11📖 Pausanias 5.16.2-5.16.4📖 Pausanias 5.16.4📖 Pausanias 5.16.6-5.16.7📖 Pausanias 5.20.6-5.20.9📖 Pausanias 6.20.15-6.20.19📖 Pausanias 6.21.3📖 Plutarch, Theseus 25.4📖 Pausanias 5.1.6-5.1.7📖 Bacchylides, Odes 11📖 Lucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the Sects 40📖 Pindar, Olympian 1 23-66📖 Pindar, Olympian 2 1-22📖 Pindar, Olympian 3 1-45📖 Pindar, Olympian 5 1-24📖 Pindar, Olympian 6 22-71📖 Pindar, Olympian 10 24-59📖 Pindar, Olympian 10 60-77📖 Bacchylides, Odes 7📖 Euripides, Victory song for Alcibiades fr. 755 PMG📖 Pindar, Nemean 10 31-54📖 Pindar, Nemean 11 17-32📖 Diodoros, Library 3.74.1-3.74.6📖 Diodoros, Library 4.14.1-4.14.4📖 Diodoros, Library 4.53.3-4.53.7📖 Diodoros, Library 5.64.1-5.64.7📖 Strabo 8.3.30📖 Lucian, The Dance 47📖 Strabo 10.3.2-10.3.4📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 11.698📖 Pliny, Natural History 16.89.1📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.205
Mentioned in text
Apollodoros, LibraryLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasPlutarch, TheseusBacchylides, OdesLucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the SectsPindar, Olympian 1Pindar, Olympian 2Pindar, Olympian 3Pindar, Olympian 5Pindar, Olympian 6Pindar, Olympian 10Euripides, Victory song for AlcibiadesPindar, Nemean 10Pindar, Nemean 11Diodoros, LibraryStraboLucian, The DanceD-Scholia, IliadPliny, Natural History
Reported to be mentioned in text
Dionysios ScytobrachionHomer, IliadEphorosCallimachus, Aetia
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 37 Rusten📖 Homer, Iliad 11.696-11.710📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 122a📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 77c Harder⚒️ Inscription on the Statue of Aitolos at Thermon (Not Extant)
Reported to have inscriptions that mention
👤 Cteatos👤 Eurytos (s. of Molione)👤 Molione👤 Sisyphos🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese)🌍 Isthmia (Argolid)
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