In this room they entertain the winners in the Olympic games.
The House of Magistrates is where the victors were honored with a banquet
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It was dedicated by Leonidas, a native, but in my time the Roman governors of Greece used it as their lodging.
this section describes the Hotel of Leonidas (The Leonidaeum) that was used as lodging during the games
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Outside the Altis there is a building called the workshop of Pheidias, where he wrought the image of Zeus piece by piece.
describes the Workshop of Pheidias, where Pheidias created sculptures most famously one of Zeus
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bring the ash from the town-hall, and making it into a paste with the water of the Alpheius they daub the altar therewith.
describes the Altar of Zeus
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The altar of Olympic Zeus is about equally distant from the Pelopium and the sanctuary of Hera, but it is in front of both.
describes location of the Altar of Zeus
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To the right of the entrance of the temple of Zeus, on the north side, lies the Pelopium. It is far enough removed from the temple for statues and other offerings to stand in the intervening space, and beginning at about the middle of the temple it extends as far as the rear chamber. It is surrounded by a stone fence, within which trees grow and statues have been dedicated.
This section describes the location of the Pelopium
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The temple is in the Doric style, and the outside has columns all around it. It is built of native stone.
Temple of Zeus is Doric style with 34 columns
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runs the legend, a thunderbolt fell on that part of the floor where down to the present day the bronze jar stood to cover the place.
this altar is supposedly located where Zeus hit with a lightning bolt
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he established the custom of holding them every fifth15 year, because he and his brothers were five in number.
Olympic games were once every five years and the modern Olympics are every 4 years - when did this change?
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