Context: | Olympia |
Type: | Palaestra |
Summary: | Open court with peristyle; west of the Sanctuary of Zeus (Altis), between the Theokoleon and the Gymnasium. |
Date: | ca. 400 BC - 300 BC |
Dimensions: | 66.35 m x 66.75 m; court: 41.42 m x 41.52 m. |
Region: | Elis |
Period: | Late Clas./Hell. |
Plan:
Doric peristyle court, 19 x 19 columns, with water channel and series of rooms arranged on all 4 sides. On the south side of the peristyle was a colonnade of 15 Ionic columns and a small entrance room at either corner. On the north side an ephebeum (exercise room) had an inner colonnade of 9 Ionic columns. On the west and east sides of the court, smaller colonnades and doors opening onto various rooms.
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