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What the Eleans call the pillar of Oenomaus is in the direction of the sanctuary of Zeus as you go from the great altar.
How far from the statue of zeus
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There is also a chest made of cedar, with figures on it, some of ivory, some of gold, others carved out of the cedar-wood itself. It was in this chest that Cypselus,
Interesting a baby was hid in this
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[5.15.1] XV. Outside the Altis there is a building called the workshop of Pheidias, where he wrought the image of Zeus piece by piece. In the building is an altar to all the gods in common. Now return back again to the Altis opposite the Leonidaeum.
It is crazy how people can assemble things like this
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On what is called the Gaeum (sanctuary of Earth) is an altar of Earth; it too is of ashes.
What do they mean by ashes?
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After this stands an altar of Heracles
Alter of heacles
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The god sits on a throne, and he is made of gold and ivory. On his head lies a garland whic
The statue of Zeus, clearly he was extremely important because of how decorated his statue is.
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To the right of the entrance of the temple of Zeus, on the north side, lies the Pelopium
shows us where the pelopium
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There is no statue of Coroebus at Olympia, but his grave is on the borders of Elis
Coroebus' grave
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The source of the Alpheius itself is in Arcadia, and not in Elis.
Where is this at
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