Plan, Olympia, Pelopeion
| Context: | Olympia |
| Type: | Peribolos Wall |
| Summary: | Peribolos wall and a gate; in the Sanctuary of Zeus (Altis), north of the Temple of Zeus. |
| Date: | ca. 600 BC - 500 BC |
| Region: | Elis |
| Period: | Archaic |
Plan:
Polygonal peribolos wall with a propylon. Doric tetrastyle prostyle gate was approached by a ramp from the southwest, and divided by interior piers and columns into 3 aisles.
History:
Walled sanctuary with trees, statues and an altar to the hero Pelops, at the same general location as the earliest houses and graves (3rd millennium B.C.) at Olympia.
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