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.

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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

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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