n the temple. Herakles planted the first olive tree in Olympia, and founded Olympia. After claiming the prime land for Zeus, he should have received something, instead, Apollo received thespot on the building inscribed next to Hippodameias marriage. There is another Hippodameia who was the daughter of the previous king of Olympia named Oynomaosmeaning crazy. Oynomaos made everyone who courted Hippodameia to race against him. If the courter lost,he would be hanged. The 12th one of the courters, Pilaps, wins because Merciles sides with Pilaps andreplaces Oynomaos wheel with wax. Oinomaos dies and Pilaps rescues Hippodameia and marries her. Olympia could have also been founded by Pelops Pilaps and his ivory shoulder-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tantalos, Pelops dad dined with the gods, and one day served his son to the gods. The gods refused to eatthe food, and put Pilaps back together. Demeter had nibbled on Pilaps shoulder and that part was replacedby a piece of ivory. Everyone who came after Pilaps also had ivory as his shoulder. Tantalos is put in theunderworld and is tormented by food. There was another Hippodameia whom Hercules rescues. (there are many Hippodameias in the worldbecause all it means is horse woman). Temple of Hera -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is an old temple because the goddess feels supreme. A particular stone replaced the wooden columnsbecause they had rotted. There is a disc that still remains @ the apex of the roof. The wall that surrounds Olympia marks off the sacred ground from the profane. The roundness of one of the structures was in the shape of a tholos as well as a bee hive. It was in betweenHera and Zeus temple. Herotus Attikus who gave Athens the theatre, gave a fountain to Zeus near the Kronian hill given in thename of his wife Queeny. The place where the contests are held where there are no bl...
