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[edit] Untitled

Shouldn't the ruins of Olympia be identified on the Avatar for this page? 74.12.12.98 21:51, 18 May 2007 (UTC) Joseph Caron

[edit] distinction between Olympia and (Mount) Olympus, Olympian Gods, etc

It might be useful (it would have been to me as a student) to note that this is not the Mount Olympus whence the Olympian Gods. I don't know how to do the links, etc.140.184.192.117 15:40, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Location Coordinates

The location coordinates do not appear to be correct. Google Earth locates the site at 37.63N, 21.63E —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.70.10.197 (talk) 14:50, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

Quote: "1950 to present. Between 1952 and 1966, Kunze and Schleif continued the excavation joined by architect Alfred Mallwitz". Hans Schleif committed suicide in Berlin in 1945, when Russian forces conquered the city. (He was a high ranking member of the SS). English is not my native language, thus I do not want to edit the page myself. Could somebody else do so? - Wilhelm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.14.238.106 (talk) 13:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Destruction By Tsunami

Science Daily article, 2011-Jul-10, explaining the likely destruction of Olympia by tsunami.
"Olympia Hypothesis"
— al-Shimoni (talk) 13:26, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Length of Olympic games

In the opening paragraph the article says:

"Both games were held every Olympiad (i.e. every four years), the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC. In 394 AD, (after exactly 1169 years) emperor Theodosius I abolished them as they were then considered reminiscent of paganism."

Besides the fact that there are no citations for either date (there is one on the Olympiad page for the 776 B.C.E. date:

Bickerman (1980), p.75. Elias J. Bickerman (1980). Chronology of the Ancient World (Aspects of Greek & Roman Life) (2nd sub ed.). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-1282-X.

So, it might be worth adding that here. The other issue, is the two sections I've bolded. They seem to be either contradictory or at least confusing. I'd argue that the parenthetical should be removed because it provides useless information. This is especially true if the fact is that the Olympics 'possibly' date back further than 776 B.C.E. though there is no evidence for that claim on the page.

I'll probably make the edit if I don't hear any reasons not to.

What do you think?

Ben Woodring (talk) 20:37, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Olympia, Greece

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[edit] Untitled

[edit] distinction between Olympia and (Mount) Olympus, Olympian Gods, etc

[edit] Location Coordinates

[edit] Destruction By Tsunami

[edit] Length of Olympic games

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