Pelopion at Olympia

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The Pelopion at Olympia was an ancient sacred precinct and burial mound dedicated to the hero Pelops within the sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf burial mound ⓘ
hero shrine ⓘ
sacred precinct ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Olympic Games ⓘ
associatedWithMythologicalFigure Pelops ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
associatedWithMythology Greek mythology ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
cultType hero cult ⓘ
culturalSignificance central to cult of Pelops at Olympia ⓘ
currentCondition ruins ⓘ
dedicatedTo Pelops ⓘ
enclosedBy peribolos wall ⓘ
hasFunction burial place of Pelops ⓘ
hero cult site ⓘ
hasRitual heroic funerary rites ⓘ
sacrifices to Pelops ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
locatedIn Elis ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Olympia ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
material earth mound ⓘ
stone enclosure ⓘ
mentionedBy Pausanias ⓘ
namedAfter Pelops ⓘ
near Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
partOf religious topography of Olympia ⓘ
sanctuary of Zeus ⓘ
period Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
shape mound ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Pelops → cultSite → Pelopion at Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Themis (remains) → locatedWithin → Altis (sacred grove of Olympia) ⓘ
linked to: Pelopion at Olympia
Οἰνόμαος → cultPlace → Pisa near Olympia ⓘ
linked to: Pelopion at Olympia