Pausanias Analysis
Chapter 5.15
Chapter 5.15
- 5.15.1: The Workshop of Pheidias at the Altis.
- 5.15.2: Leonidaeum: Leonidas' dedication by the Altis, later Roman governors' residence
- 5.15.3: Kallistephanos, the Altis wild olive that provides crowns for Olympic victors.
- 5.15.4: Altars of Artemis, Despoina, Zeus, Apollo and Dionysos at Olympia.
- 5.15.5: Altars at the horses' starting-place.
- 5.15.6: Altars at Embolos (Ares Hippios, Athena Hippia, Agathe Tyche, Pan, Aphrodite, Nymphs, Artemis)
- 5.15.7: Altars behind the Heraion in the Altis.
- 5.15.8: The Prytaneion of the Eleans in the Altis
- 5.15.9: Prytaneion hearth whose ashes are carried to the altar of Olympian Zeus
- 5.15.10: Elean monthly sacrifices and the officials who oversee them.
- 5.15.11: Eleans' altars at Ammon's sanctuary recording their oracle consultations.
- 5.15.12: Prytaneium rites: Elean hero libations, Doric hymns, and feasts for Olympic victors.