Olympía - Metroon

At Olympia, immediately below the terrace with the treasuries, is the site of the badly ruined Metroon (ca. 300 B.C.), a shrine of the Mother of the Gods which in Roman times was re-dedicated to the Imperial cult. Beside it are a series of bases for the "Zanes" - statues of Zeus which were financed out of fines levied for offenses against the rules of the Games. Immediately beyond them is the entrance to the Stadion (ca. 200 B.C.), the vaulting of which, still visible, was originally concealed by a propylon.