Pelopion at Olympia

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burial mound hero shrine sacred precinct

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Altis (sacred grove of Olympia)	1

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

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

Pelops → cultSite → Pelopion at Olympia ⓘ

Temple of Themis (remains) → locatedWithin → Pelopion at Olympia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Altis (sacred grove of Olympia)