Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Heracles Founds the Olympic Games (Pindar)
  Heroes — Heracles / Olympia foundation · Pindaric (*Olympian* 10) / Apollodorean enrichment
• Cronus’s Hill at Olympia and the Local Zeus-Birth (Pausanias)
  Local and lesser — Eleian / Olympia sacred topography · Pausanian — Cronius hill; local claim that Rhea bore Zeus at Olympia

Places appearing with them

• Elis
• Hill of Cronus (Cronius) at Olympia
• Hyperborea
• Mycenae
• River Alpheus

Themes

• Birth
• Contest
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• Succession
• War