Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods in Olympia

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The Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods in Olympia was an ancient Greek cult site dedicated to the Olympian deities, integrated into the broader religious and athletic complex of Olympia.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek sanctuary ⓘ
cult site ⓘ
religious structure ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Greek athletics ⓘ
Olympic Games ⓘ
panhellenic festivals ⓘ
culture ancient Greek religion ⓘ
dedicatedTo Aphrodite ⓘ
Apollo ⓘ
Ares ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
Athena ⓘ
Demeter ⓘ
Hephaestus ⓘ
Hera ⓘ
Hermes ⓘ
Hestia ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
Twelve Olympian gods ⓘ
linked to: Twelve Olympians

Zeus ⓘ
hasDeityGroup Dodekatheon ⓘ
hasFeature altars ⓘ
sacred precinct ⓘ
hasTypeOfDeity Olympian gods ⓘ
heritageContext Panhellenic sanctuary ⓘ
languageOfCult Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Elis ⓘ
Olympia ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedInCountry Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
modernCountryLocation Greece ⓘ
partOf Sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
athletic complex of Olympia ⓘ
religious complex of Olympia ⓘ
religiousCategory polytheistic sanctuary ⓘ
religiousFunction veneration of Olympian deities ⓘ
religiousSignificance central cult place within Olympia ⓘ
spatialRelation within sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
usedFor cult rituals ⓘ
religious worship ⓘ
visitedBy athletes ⓘ
pilgrims ⓘ
spectators of the Olympic Games ⓘ
worshippedBy Greek city-states visitors ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panhellenic sanctuary network → hasPart → Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods in Olympia ⓘ
Ἦλις → contains → Altis (sacred grove at Olympia) ⓘ
linked to: Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods in Olympia