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The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

In ancient times the Greeks held one of their most important festivals, The Olympic Games, in honor of the King of their gods, Zeus. Like our modern Olympics, athletes traveled from distant lands, including Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt and Sicily, to compete in the games. The Olympics were first started in 776 B.C. and held at a shrine to Zeus located ...

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Official Entrance to the Stadium

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The Treasury of Atreus, Mykenae

Also known as Tomb of Agamemnon. It was constructed in 1250 BC....

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Erechtheum of Acropolis

The Erechtheion, is a temple of Ionic style on the Acropolis in Athens, it was built between 420 to 406 BC . The design probably goes back to Pericles,who died atthe beginning of the construction . Builders of the temple was the architects Philokles and Archilochos under whose supervision the temple was completed around 406....

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Minoan Fountain, Delos

A rectangular cistern situated between the stoa of Antigonos and the Agora of Italians. It was constructed in the third quarter of the 6th century BC. There is a stepped-access from one side. Now we can see only the fountain and the foundation, but it used to be a covered building. There was a passage go around three sides of the fountain....

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Olympia Stadium

The stadium of Olympia was built in the 4th c BCE to the East of the sanctuary. It is 212.54 meters (600 Olympic feet) long, and 28.50m wide. It was never lined with seats and the spectators watched the games from the embankments. Today the starting and finishing lines are visible, along with the stone seats of the Hellanodikes (the judges)....

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The Remains of the Treasury of Sikyon

One of the two best preserved Treasuries at Olympia is the Sikyonian Treasury. It was build by Orthagoras brother, Myron, in the 33rd Olympiad at 648 BC to commemorate his victory in the chariot race. Pausanias tell us that he saw two chambers, one Dorian and one Ionic, which were made out of bronze, and their weight was 500 talents, according to t...

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Tomb of Klytaemnestra

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The Acropolis - The Propylaea

The Propylaea was (and still is) the formal entrance to the top of the Acropolis. Through this gateway, the Parthenon finally comes into full view. On the right side of the Propylaea is the Temple of Athena Nike. Both the Propylaea and the temple are currently undergoing significant renovation and repair. Both buildings are from the 5th century BC....

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The Temple of the Delians

The Temple of the Delians or Grand Temple is the latest and largest of the three temples dedicated to Apollo. It is a "peripteral" Doric temple with six columns on each of the narrow sides and thirteen on each of the long ones. Its construction began in 478 B.C. but stopped around the middle of the 5th century B.C., when the League' s treasury was ...

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