Pausanias Analysis
Chapter 5.13
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Chapter 5.13
5.13.1: The Pelopion, Pelops' precinct in the Altis at Olympia
5.13.2: Annual Pelops sacrifice: black ram offered into a pit; only the woodman gets the neck.
5.13.3: The Woodman supplies only poplar wood for sacrifices to Zeus.
5.13.4: Shipwreck of Pelops' shoulder-blade off Euboea
5.13.5: Damarmenus finds a giant bone and consults the Delphic oracle.
5.13.6: Eleans recover Pelops' bones; Damarmenos named guardian.
5.13.7: Monuments of Pelops and Tantalus: Tantalus' lake and tomb; Pelops' throne and myrtle‑wood Aphrodite.
5.13.8: Altar of Olympian Zeus near the Pelopion, made from ashes of sacrificed thighs.
5.13.9: Altar at Olympia: measurements and sacrificial practice.
5.13.10: Altar of Zeus at Olympia: steps, gendered access, and ongoing sacrifices.
5.13.11: Annual ritual plastering of the altar with Prytaneion ashes and Alpheius water.