The name Olympia is familiar to everyone as an adjective -- as in the Olympic Games, which were originally held in Olympia, Greece in 6 B.C. to honor Zeus. Olympia, which was inhabited from the third millennium B.C. was the location of the sanctuary to the Olympian Zeus.
Important monuments at Olympia were the temple of Zeus, the temple of Hera, the Bouleuterion, the Philippeion, the Leonidaion, the Palaestra, Pheidias' workshop, the Gymnasium, the Prytaneion, and the treasuries.
Ancient Greek Picture Gallery
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- Olympia MapOlympia Map, Map Collection from the Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd
- Map of Greece in the 5th Century B.C.Olympia in Ellis
- Temple of Zeus at OlympiaRuins of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia
- Ruins at Olympia, Greece
- Fallen Columns at OlympiaFallen Columns at Olympia
- Ruins at Olympia, Greece
- Ruins at Olympia, Greece
- Ruins at Olympia, Greece
- Ruins at Olympia, Greece
- Ruins at Olympia, Greece
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