altar of Zeus Horkios

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altar ancient Greek altar religious structure

The altar of Zeus Horkios was a sacred structure at Olympia where oaths were sworn to Zeus as guardian of justice and honesty, particularly in the context of political and athletic life.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
altar of Zeus	1

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	altar ⓘ ancient Greek altar ⓘ religious structure ⓘ
associatedConcept	honesty ⓘ justice ⓘ oath-taking ⓘ
associatedDeityAspect	Zeus as guardian of oaths NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Olympic Games NERFINISHED ⓘ athletes at Olympia ⓘ officials at Olympia ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Zeus Horkios NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	guardian of justice and honesty ⓘ place for swearing oaths ⓘ
hasRole	enforcing fair competition at Olympia ⓘ ensuring truthfulness in public life ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Zeus Horkios NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
timePeriod	Classical antiquity ⓘ
usedFor	athletic oaths ⓘ political oaths ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Βουλευτήριον Ολυμπίας → hasPart → altar of Zeus Horkios ⓘ

sanctuary of Zeus → hasPart → altar of Zeus Horkios ⓘ

subject surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia

this entity surface form: altar of Zeus