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Title: | Pelops at Olympia: the archaeology of a myth | Contributor(s): | Bourke, Graeme (author) | Publication Date: | 2018 | Open Access: | Yes | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31287 | Open Access Link: | https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/news-and-events/conferences/ca2018 | Abstract: | This paper considers the question of when and under what circumstances the hero Pelops, eponym of the Peloponnese, first became associated with the sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia. While scholars have often believed that the cult of Pelops at the site of the prehistoric tumulus in the Altis went back to the Mycenaean period, its appearance there is now more commonly dated c.600 BC or later, and cultic activity at the site may not have been associated with this particular hero until quite late in the Archaic period. Pindar placed the mythical chariot race in which Pelops won the hand of Hippodameia, the daughter of king Oinomaos, in the vicinity of Olympia, and this event was later depicted on the east pediment of the temple of Zeus Olympics. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | CA 2018: Classical Association Annual Conference 2018, Leicester, United Kingdom, 6th - 9th April, 2018 | Source of Publication: | Classical Association Annual Conference 2018: Panels and Abstracts, p. 23-24 | Publisher: | Classical Association | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130205 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Economics, Business and Management) 210306 Classical Greek and Roman History |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390107 Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management) 430305 Classical Greek and roman history 390106 Geography education curriculum and pedagogy |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930399 Curriculum not elsewhere classified 950504 Understanding Europe's Past 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 130704 Understanding Europe’s past 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies 280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology |
HERDC Category Description: | E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | https://classicalassociation.org/conference/ |
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