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	OLYMPIA - LoveToKnow Article on OLYMPIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The area known as Olympia is bounded on the west by the Cladeus, on the south by the Alpheus, on the north by the low heights which shut in the Alpheus valley, and on the east by the ancient racecourses.
		Olympia thus became the centre of an amphictyony (q.v.), or federal league under religious sanction, for the west coast of the Peloponnesus, as Delphi was for its neighbors in northern Greece.
		A basin, to serve as a chief reservoir, was built at the north-west corner of the Altis; and a supplementary reservoir was afterwards constructed a little to the north-east of this, on the slope of the Cronion.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OL/OLYMPIA.htm (5796 words)

	MSN Encarta - Olympia (Greece)
		Olympia (Greece), ancient site of the Olympian Games, which were celebrated every four years by the Greeks.
		Olympia is situated in a valley in Elis, in western Pelopónnisos, Greece, through which runs the Alpheus River.
		Olympia was a national shrine of the Greeks and contained many treasures of Greek art, such as temples, monuments, altars, theatres, statues, and votive offerings of bronze and marble.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570018/Olympia_(Greece).html (355 words)

	MSN Encarta - Olympia (Greece)
		Olympia was situated in a valley in Elis, in western Pelopónnisos (Peloponnesus), through which runs the Alpheus River.
		Olympia was a national shrine of the Greeks and contained many treasures of Greek art, such as temples, monuments, altars, theaters, statues, and votive offerings of brass and marble.
		Outside the Altis, to the east, were the Stadium and the Hippodrome, where the contests took place; on the west were the Palaestra, or wrestling school, and the Gymnasium, where all competitors were obliged to train for at least one month.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570018/Olympia_Greece.html (339 words)

	Olympia
		Olympia (Greek: Ολυμπία or Ολύμπια, older transliterations, Olimpia, Olimbia), a city of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi.
		Olympia is also known for its gigantic ivory and gold statue of Zeus, made by Phidias, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
		Excavation of the Olympia temple district and its surroundings began with a French expedition in 1829.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Cities/Olympia.html (463 words)

	Private tour in Olympia, Olympiada 2004
		The modern village of Ancient Olympia lies on a hill, near the remains of the magnificent and glorious structures of Olympia.Population: 1,812 inhabitants.
		The sanctuary of Olympia was pillaged by the Romans in 74 BC in the course of their conquest of Greece.
		Palaestra: The double colonnade of the porticoes, some of which has recently been re-erected, make it possible to envisage the Hellenistic palaestra, a sports arena.
	greece-private.com /olympia.htm (1628 words)

	Palaestra at Olympia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The palaestra at Olympia is part of the gymnasium at the sanctuary.
		Like all palaestra, the palaestra at Olympia is centered around a large courtyard covered with sand for use as a boxing or wrestling surface.
		An unusual feature of the palaestra is the 24.20 by 5.44 meter strip of concrete pavement on the north side of courtyard, which is formed with alternate bands of ribbed and smooth tiles arranged to create continuous ridges stretching the length of the pavement.
	www.phatnav.com /wiki/index.php?title=Palaestra_at_Olympia (536 words)

	Palaestra at Delphi
		The palaestra at Delphi is part of a gymnasium at the sanctuary.
		The eastern wall of the palaestra is formed by the retaining wall for the terrace above.
		The palaestra itself did not include any bathing rooms because a bathing facility was built directly to the north along the same terrace.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/LX/PalaestraDelphi.html (346 words)

	Greece - From Megalopolis To Olympia
		As nearly all recent travellers go to Olympia by rail from Patras or Athens, a circus of mounted archaeologists was a rare event to the villagers.
		Olympia is situated on the north bank of the Alpheius, and to the west of the small but mischievous Cladeus, which is mainly responsible through a change of its course for burying the sacred and outlying precincts under acres of sand.
		It was at Olympia that Dr. Dorpfeld, coming in the third year of the excavations, won his spurs as an architect.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/greece-29.shtml (3026 words)

	Olympia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Palaestra, erected during the 3rd century BCE, was used for the practice of wrestling, boxing and long jumping.
		The Palaestra was roughly square in shape (66.35 x 66.75 m) with a peristyle court, surrounded by covered areas sectioned into special rooms for undressing, anointing the body with oil, powdering it with dust, bathing, and rooms with benches for lessons in theory.
		The Palaestra is located to the west of the Altis, near the Kládeos river.
	www.grisel.net /olympia.htm (1403 words)

	Olympia, olympic games, Greece
		Olympia is connected to many gods and myths, and there are different versions on how the Olympic Games got started.
		Olympia was to be renovated many times, and new buildings were added through the ages.
		In the 6th century earthquakes destroyed the buildings in Olympia, and it was filled with mud from the flooded rivers Kladeos and Alfeos.
	www.in2greece.com /english/places/historical/mainland/olympia.htm (1569 words)

	Olympia
		New knowledge may be attained on Olympia in the Roman Imperial period, when the sanctuary still had great significance, in the later phases of the sanctuary and Olympic Games, and also in Christian times when the sanctuary had a less important role.
		The excavation of Olympia between 1875 and 1881 was the first large-scale continuous excavation in Greece made possible through international contracts; it was financed by the German government and managed by a board of directors in Berlin.
		Additionally, a separate research project, »Olympia während der römischen Kaiserzeit und in der Spätantike,« is being run under the direction of U. Sinn (Würzburg) with excavation of the Roman buildings northwest of the Prytaneion and in the area of the Southwest Building which has been interpreted as a clubhouse for athletes.
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	... < G R E E C E >... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The oldest temple at Olympia and one of the most venerable in all Greece was that of Hera, originally a joint temple of Hera and Zeus until a separate temple was built for him.
		Outside the Altis to the southwest stood the Leonidaeum, a large hostel for the reception of distinguished visitors, which was built in the 4th century BC and remodelled in Roman times.
		To the northwest were the Palaestra, where wrestlers and boxers trained, and the gymnasium, which included an elaborate entrance gateway and a covered running track.
	www.fromgreece.gr /GREECE/peloponissos/eleia/olympia.htm (2275 words)

	Olympia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The earliest building remains at Olympia are a cluster of Bronze Age houses at the base of the Kronos hill.
		Treasuries were built at Olympia by some of the Greek city-states, starting in about 600 B.C. They served as elaborate storehouses for valuable objects, many of them votive offerings which were given by people or cities to honor and thank the gods for blessings.
		The palaestra was added in the fourth century as a place for boxers and wrestlers to train, and north of it was the gymnasium.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /AncGreece/olympia.htm (2673 words)

	olympia-2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Palaestra at the ancient Olympia in Greece.
		Over the years, other events were added: the double course, a race running back and forth across the entire stadium; an edurance contest in which the athletes ran the stadium 24 times, wrestling, boxing the pancratium (combination of boxing and wrestling); and the pentathlon: jumping, running, discus and javelin throwing and wrestling.
		It was at Olympia that Apollo outran Hermes in the footrace, and also defeated Ares in the boxing match.
	www.meaus.com /olympia-2004.htm (866 words)

	Olympia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Olympia is the birth-place of the Olympic Games and also where they were held.
		The Altis is the name given to the area in Olympia that comprises the main religious buildings, temples and votive offerings of the sanctuary.
		Directly depending on the the games and the sanctuary of Olympia was the town of Elis, whose sole interest was the preparation and performance of the games.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/211/21107a/e211ga02.html (1118 words)

	Phoenician Sports Founded Olympic Games and the Stadium of Amrit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Its topography is identical to that of the stadium at Olympia.
		In the period of the Greeks, the palaestra was the exercise place for wrestling, boxing and the jump, while the gymnasium was used for running and discus and javelin throwing.
		Melkart arrived in Olympia, bringing the traditions and culture of Baal, from places where Phoenician worship was deep-rooted and established the Games of Olympia in honour of Baal (=Zeus), with sport as their basis.
	www.phoenicia.org /phoenicianolympics.htm (4465 words)

	Palaestra - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Although the palaestra continued to function as the wrestling school, lectures and intellectual conversation were hosted there as well, and this educational role gradually took over the function of the building.
		The portico on the northern side of the palaestra was of double depth to protect against the weather.
		Spacious halls (exedrae) were built along the single depth sides of the palaestra with seats for those enjoying intellectual pursuits, and the double depth side was divided into an area for youth activities (ephebeum), a punching bag area (coryceum), a room for applying powders (conisterium), a room for cold bathing, and an oil storeroom (elaeothesium).
	www.free-definition.com /Palaestra.html (419 words)

	47. Olympia_Athens_12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The athlete on the left is clearing his body of the oil while the athlete on the right is watching him.
		After the jumpers, wrestlers and boxers trained in the "Palaestra", using the brass "stlegides", strigils, the long and narrow copper leaf-like blades, removed the dust and sweat off their bodies, before they bathed.
		Before the training one could see the athletes at the changing-room, the "eleothession", where the chiropractic specialists were smearing the oil on the athletes' bodies.
	www.danaus.net /danaus/index_files/Page11047.htm (314 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - PASSION - THE OLYMPIC MUSEUM LAUSANNE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Destination Olympia, 5th Century BC, an exhibition-display where, through a combination of illusion and reconstruction, the visitor will find himself in the 5th century BC, first in Elis, the city where the athletes gathered one month before the Olympic events.
		In the palaestra, to the strains of the aulos, he will try his hand at the ancient Olympic disciplines and, in the ephebes room, listen to the teachings of Sophocles and Plato.
		By the time he leaves Olympia, he will have understood the importance of a victory, not just to an athlete, but also his city.
	www.olympic.org /uk/passion/museum/temporary/exhibition_uk.asp?id=33&type=1 (402 words)

	Olympia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Olympia was a major religious, cultural, and sporting center from about the 10th - 4th centuries B.C. It was the site of the temple of Zeus; there were also temples for other gods and goddesses.
		Olympia was also famous for its sports; the first Olympic games were held here in the 8th century B.C. In recognition of this, the flame for the modern Olympics is still carried from ancient Olympia.
		After exploring ancient Olympia, the remainder of the afternoon was spent napping, doing laundry, playing cards, and keeping up with reading and journals.
	www.cord.edu /faculty/andersod/may15.html (270 words)

	Olympia (BiblePlaces.com)
		Olympia was a sacred precinct of Peloponnese located near the crossing of the Alpheios and Kladeos rivers.
		The palaestra has been labeled a “wrestling school,” but it was actually a more general place used for meetings, social gatherings, and athletic practices.
		Olympia (Hellenic Ministry of Culture) Provides general information about the site and its history, highlighting the most significant structures.
	www.bibleplaces.com /olympia.htm (616 words)

	Olympia - Greece Travel
		The Temple Of Zeus At Olympia As It Was
		Olympia, like Delphi, is a place of memories chiefly.
		Just at the foot of Kronos a long terrace and flight of steps mark the position of a row of old treasuries, as at Delphi, while along the eastern side of the precinct are to be seen the remains of a portico once famous for its echoes, where sat the judges who distributed the prizes.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles13/travel-264.shtml (527 words)

	Olympia
		Toppled columns of the Temple of Zeus -- Olympia
		Hermes and infant Dionysos by Praxiteles -- Olympia Museum
		Metope from the Temple of Zeus: Heracles and the Bull of Crete -- Olympia Museum
	oncampus.richmond.edu /academics/classics/photos/olympia.html (351 words)

	Palaestra Details, Meaning Palaestra Article and Explanation Guide
		The palaestra was a prominent feature in Greek society, the significance of athletic competition translating into an importance of the building itself.
		Over time, the palaestra?s role as an educational space also increased.
		The architecture of the palaestra, although allowing for some variation, followed a distinct, standard plan.
	www.e-paranoids.com /p/pa/palaestra.html (425 words)

	CLASSICAL GAMES - LoveToKnow Article on CLASSICAL GAMES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Olympia was a naturally enclosed spot in the rich plain of Elis, bounded on the N. by the rocky heights of Cronion, and on the S. and W. by the Alpheus and its tributary the Cladeus.
		There was the grove of Altis, in which were ranged the statues of the victorious athletes, and the temple of Olympian Zeus with the chryselephantine statue of the god, the masterpiece of Pheidlias.
		The Roman, though little inferior in gymnastic exercises, kept strictly to the privacy of the palaestra; and for a patrician to appear in public as a charioteer is stigmatized by the satirist as a mark of shameless effrontery.
	www.1911ency.org /G/GA/GAMES_CLASSICAL.htm (4509 words)

	A Student's Tour of Greece - Olympia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The quaint town of Olympia is located in the western Peloponnesus at the valley of the Alpheos River.
		The gymnasium and palaestra were used to train and educate ancient Olympians.
		The palaestra was used for gymnastics and other exercises and for practicing events such as wrestling, boxing and long jumping.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Spring04/Hutto/Olympia.htm (528 words)

	Diary: Greece Page 2, April 17
		She is mourning the Greeks massacred by the Nazis in a nearby village, in one of their reprisals for some guerrilla activity.
		Olympia was both interesting and pretty, as the site is full of red-buds that were in full bloom, making a nice contrast with the ruins, especially around the Palaestra where the athletes practiced for the Olympic Games.
		On the way up to the temple, the path zigzags past what were small temples or treasuries for the different Greek cities, as well as a wall on which is inscribed the names of over 800 slaves who had been freed as dedications to the oracle over the years.
	www.mmtaylor.net /Holiday2000/Diary/story.Greece.2.html (2627 words)

	Olympia
		The sanctuary of Olympia, itself, was famous all over the world and was placed under the protection of Zeus.
		Today, the ruins of ancient Olympia are situated in an idyllic setting near a small river, and consist of the gymnasium, the palaestra, the baths, the temples of Zeus and his wife Hera, the stadium and the hippodrome, the treasuries, and other monuments.
		The museum of Olympia is just a few meters away and houses a magnificent collection of exhibits.
	www.vip-yachting.com /Olympia.htm (445 words)

	Archaeology and Sports History
		Accordingly, we must acknowledge that a good part of information, now in sports history, is largely based upon the work and contribution of archaeologists, who have revealed to us the results of their research.
		It is evident that the discovery of sports grounds (such as stadia, gymnasia and palaestrae), equipment and others, in Olympia, Egypt and recently in Phoenicia, gave wide information concerning the history of sport and physical education.
		For example, Pausanias in his "Description of Greece" in the second century A. reported that archaeological evidence was borne out in Olympia as well as in the other sites.
	phoenicia.org /sportsarch.html (2110 words)

	Michael Shanks: Living Olympia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As the athletes, spectators, and officials readied themselves in Elis, preparations were underway in Olympia.
		During the festival, Olympia was a bustling center of activity and exchange, during the years of the Olympiad (the period between the Olympics), the site was a very different scene.
		A permanent staff of officials, including priests, cooks, and bailiffs, remained in Olympia to oversee the activities of such tourists.
	metamedia.stanford.edu:3455 /MichaelShanks/430?view=print (635 words)

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