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Kladeos
Kladeos (Greek: Κλάδεος) or Latin: Cladeus was a river god in Greek mythology, one of the sons of Oceanus and Tethys. It is a river that flows from the north, through Olympia and empties into the Alfe...
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Pausanias, Description of Greece 5. 10. 6 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : "[Amongst the sculptural figures on the pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia :] At the very edge lies Kladeos, the river which, in other ways also, the Eleans honour most after Alpheios . . . Then the pediment narrows again, and...
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In the Mycenaean period, the Kladeos flooded the area. The flood continued in the middle ages and went up to the German excavations of Olympia in 1875 where...
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At the foot of the Kronion Hill stretches the space formed by the wedge of land between the converging rivers of the Alfios and the Kladeos.
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The so-called Kladeos baths are situated near the bank of the Kladeos, at the western limit of the Olympian sanctuary, on the site of the swimming pool of...
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PHOTOGALLERY. Administrative Information. Official Unit: 7th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities Ancient Olympia, Olympia (Prefecture of Ilia)
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The sanctuary lies in the alluvial valley formed by the confluence of the rivers, Kladeos and Alpheos; to the north is the wooded Hill of Kronos. To the west, close to the banks of the Kladeos River, are the Palaestra and the Gymnasium where athletes were privileged to exercise and take final training for the Games.
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7 Days Fly & Drive Program Ancient Olympia: Ancient Olympia lies 10 km. east of Pirgos, in a valley between wooded Mt. Kronos, the Alfios river and its tributary, the Kladeos. Argolida: The Argolid was the heart of Greece from 1600 to 1100 B.C.
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Kladeos (Greek: Κλάδεος) or Latin: Cladeus was a river god in Greek mythology. In the Mycenaean period, the Kladeos flooded the area. The flood continued in the middle ages and went up to the German excavations of Olympia in 1875 where it buried Olympia with a height of 4 m.
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"Kladeus' Thermae" were built in the 2nd century AD, in the eastern bank of river Alpheus, west of Theikoleon, the Heroon and Phidias' workshop. These baths were built upon the older baths, known as the "Greek".
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