Olympia - Treasuries

 
At the west end of the terrace at Olympia, immediately adjoining the Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus, is a small naiskos (3.9m/13ft by 3.5m/11.5ft), with an altar in front of it. Then follow the treasuries, beginning with that of Sikyon, the last to be built (first half of fifth century B.C.), which has recently been partly rebuilt. Beyond this are the treasuries of Syracuse, Epidamnos, Byzantium, Sybaris and Kyrene, a structure which is thought to be an altar of Herakles, and finally the treasuries of Selinus, Metapontion, Megara and Gela.

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