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I, who once was a pillar in the house of Oenomaus;
Now by Cronus' son I lie with these bands upon me,
A precious thing, and the baleful flame of fire consumed me not.
”In my time another incident took place, which I will relate. [8] A Roman senator won an Olympic victory. Wishing to leave behind, as a memorial of his victory, a bronze statue with an inscription, he proceeded to dig, so as to make a foundation. When his excavation came very close to the pillar of Oenomaus, the diggers found there fragments of armour, bridles and curbs. [9] These I saw myself as they were being dug out. A temple of no great size in the Doric style they have called down to the present day Metroum,3 keeping its ancient name. No image lies in it of the Mother of the gods, but there stand in it statues of Roman emperors. The Metroum is within the Altis, and so is a round building called the Philippeum. On the roof of the Philippeum is a bronze poppy which binds the beams together. [10] This building is on the left of the exit over against the Town Hall. It is made of burnt brick and is surrounded by columns. It was built by Philip after the fall of Greece at Chaeroneia. Here are set statues of Philip and Alexander, and with them is Amyntas, Philip's father. These works too are by Leochares, and are of ivory and gold, as are the statues of Olympias and Eurydice.
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- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, OLYMPIA Greece.
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), DISCUS
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), E´LEPHAS
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), MURUS
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), TEMPLUM
- Smith's Bio, Leo'chares