Temple of Hera (Olympia, Greece)
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Name (Latin)
Temple of Hera (Olympia, Greece)
Other forms of name
Hera, Temple of (Olympia, Greece)
Heraeum (Olympia, Greece)
Heraion (Olympia, Greece)
Coordinates
21.62967 21.62967 37.63878 37.63878 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Temples Greece
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Greece
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q633572
Library of congress:
sh 98003158
Sources of Information
- Eckstein, F. Anathēmata : Studien zu d. Weihgeschenken strengen Stils im Heiligtum von Olympia, 1969.
- Britannica(Temple of Hera, oldest temple at Olympia) index (Heraeum)
- Americana:index (Hera, Temple of, Olympia, Gr.; ref.: Heraeum)
- Ox. companion classic. lit.(Heraeum (Hēraion), a famous temple of Hera)
- Liddell and Scott's Greek-English lexicon(Hēraion: the temple of Hera, Heraeum)
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Wikipedia description:
The Temple of Hera, or Heraion, is an ancient Archaic Greek temple at Olympia, Greece, that was dedicated to Hera, queen of the Greek gods. It is the oldest temple at Olympia and one of the most venerable in all of Greece. It was originally a joint temple of Hera and Zeus, chief of the gods, until a separate temple was built for him. It is at the altar of this temple, which is oriented east-west, that the Olympic flame is lit and carried to all parts of the world. The torch of the Olympic flame is lit in its ruins to this day. The temple was built in ca. 580 BC, but was destroyed by an earthquake in the early 4th century AD.
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