[5.15.12]
Brings us to our final destination, the house of magistrates or Bouleuterion
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[5.14.9]
Location of the Stadium and treasuries
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[5.15.8]
Talks about the gymnasion and the wrestling grounds
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[5.15.5]
Location of Hippodrome
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[5.15.2
Location of the Hotel of Leonidas
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[5.15.1]
Workshop of Pheidias
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[5.14.7]
Altar of Heracles
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[5.14.5]
Talks about the location of Pheidas
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[5.14.4]
Discusses the other statues of Zeus
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[5.13.8]
Describes the altar of Zeus
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[5.13.1]
Describes the site of Pelopeion
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[5.11.1
Describes the statue of Zeus in his temple
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[5.10.7]
Kladeos river
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[5.10.5]
Describes the Tholos of Phillip
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[5.10.2]
Description of the temple of Zeus
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[5.9.6]
Talks about the administration in current time and the number of umpires.
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[5.9.4]
Rules of administration have changed over a duration of time
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[5.9.3]
Describes the events that were used to please the Gods. Also, how the events were spread apart
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[5.9.1]
Shows that the Greeks edited and reformed the games by adding/eliminating events that they did not see fit.
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[5.8.11]
Talks about a woman winning a chariot competition
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[5.8.9]
Discusses how men were initially only allowed to partake in the games, but eventually, boys were able to compete
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[5.8.7]
Narrator talks about how the games started to slowly remember and include boxing/wrestling and horse racing
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[5.8.6]
Talks about the winner of the foot-race and other additional races that were added
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[5.8.5]
Talks about how the games were discontinued in ancient times and it was started once again under the rule of Iphitus.
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[5.7.10]
Discusses how the events were chosen for the games
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[5.7.9]
Talks about the origin of the Olympic games based on Heracles and his bothers
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[5.7.7]
Talks about a footrace where the winner won an olive branch crown. Could be the origin of the tradition for giving the winner a olive branch crown.
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[5.7.6]
Talks about the origin of Zeus and their worship of his mother, Rhea.
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[5.7.3]
The account of an oracle from Apollo at Delphi confirms the story of the rivers to the narrator.
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[5.7.2]
Gives background on the how the Alpheius river came to be.
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[5.7.1] VII.
Describes several tributaries that are attached to the Alpheius river and there are seven important ones there.
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She, being a widow, disguised herself exactly like a gymnastic trainer, and brought her son to compete at Olympia.
This portion also gives further background on women were treated and expected to be separate from competition and sports in Olympia. Due to her situation, she caused the tradition of trainers stripping before entering the arena to ensure their sex.
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As you go from Scillus along the road to Olympia, before you cross the Alpheius,there is a mountain with high, precipitous cliffs. It is called Mount Typaeum. It is a law of Elis to cast down it any women who are caught present at the Olympic games, or even on the other side of the Alpheius, on the days prohibited to women. However, they say that no woman has been caught, except Callipateira only; some, however, give the lady the name of Pherenice and not Callipateira.
This portion starts the imagery of Olympia, the mountains surrounding it. It also gives background how women are seen in this time period.
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