In the pediment of the temple of Zeus in Olympia, the single figure of Apollo is dominating the scene.

He is said to be the most eminent sculptor in Athens after the departure of Phidias for Olympia, but enigmatic in that none of the sculptures associated with his name in classical literature can be securely connected with existing copies.

The ceremony is organized at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece.

The Temple of Hera in Olympia is the oldest well-preserved temple of Doric architecture.

It is known that Olympia originally housed far more of these statues, but time brought ruin to many of them, leaving Delphi as the main site of athletic statues.

This is a legacy of its bid to be the state capital, which it lost to Olympia.

Compared to this mighty goddess, who also possessed the earliest temple at Olympia and two of the great fifth and sixth century temples of Paestum, the termagant of Homer and the myths is an " almost ... comic figure " according to Burkert.

Herodotus's recitation at Olympia was a favourite theme among ancient writers and there is another interesting variation on the story to be found in the Suda, Photius and Tzetzes, in which a young Thucydides happened to be in the assembly with his father and burst into tears during the recital, whereupon Herodotus observed prophetically to the boy's father: " Thy son's soul yearns for knowledge.

Stitt's playing with the group is found on a recording made in Olympia, Paris ( where Davis and Coltrane had played a few months before ) and the Live in Stockholm album.

The work of Herodotus is reported to have been recited at festivals, where prizes were awarded, as for example, during the games at Olympia.

* January 28 – The city of Olympia is incorporated in the Territory of Washington in the United States of America.

A Hellenistic or Roman copy after a Late Classical original is at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

* 435 BC: The Statue of Zeus at Olympia by Phidias, one of the seven wonders of the world, is completed.

* September 15 – Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in Paris by Olympia Press.

A famous example is the marble statue of Hermes with the infant Dionysus in Olympia by Praxiteles.

Thucydides devotes several chapters to their conflict with Athens, and there is a famous marble statue, Paeonius Victory-dedicated by the people of Naupactus and Messenia and now in the museum of Ancient Olympia.

Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in both Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon.

* c. 750 BC — Man and Centaur, perhaps from Olympia, is made.

The Severe Classical style ( 500-450 BC ) is represented by the pedimental sculptures of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, ( 470-456 BC ).

In order to mark the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Martinique ( which is an overseas department of France in the Caribbean ), on May 22, Paris's Olympia theater hosted a concert that opened with " drummers chained together " and featured performances from " rappers of African descent such as Doc Gyneco, Stomy Bugsy, Arsenik, and Hamed Daye.

The Olympia exhibition hall is just over the western border in West Kensington.

Olympia is a major cultural center of the Puget Sound region.

Pheidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends ( 1868 ) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema | Sir Lawrence Alma-TademaPhidias, or The Great Pheidias ( in Ancient Greek, ; circa 480 – 430 BC ), was a Greek sculptor, painter and architect, who lived in the 5th century BC, and is commonly regarded as one of the greatest of all sculptors of Classical Greece: Phidias ' Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The direct route between the towns of Aberdeen ( on the coast ) and Olympia is US 12 and State Route 8.

* Olympia, Washington, the capital city of the state of Washington

East of Sequim, Route 101 turns southward, leading to Shelton and its " northern " terminus in Olympia, the state capital.

The county seat is at Olympia, the state capital and also the county's largest city.

The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park.

Isaac Stevens, who was appointed the territory's first governor, declared Olympia to be the territorial capital.

Thurston County, Washington, originally part of the Oregon Territory and now home of Olympia the capital of Washington, was named in honor of him.

In 1855, Leschi traveled to the territorial capital at Olympia to protest the terms of the treaty.

It extends from U. S. Route 12 ( US 12 ) in the city of Elma, east to an interchange with US 101 about northwest of the state capital, Olympia.

After Olympia became capital city of the Washington Territory in 1853, the city's founder, Edmund Sylvester, gave the legislature of land upon which to build the capitol, located on a hill overlooking what is now known as Capitol Lake.

These games, though, were different from the games at Olympia in that they were not of such vast importance to the city of Delphi as the games at Olympia were to the area surrounding Olympia.

The ancient Olympic Games were held every four years in the Greek city of Olympia, in the Kingdom of Elis, from 776 BC through either 261 or 393 AD.

* USS Olympia, referring to two ships named after the city of Olympia, Washington

* Olympia ( comics ), a fictional city in Marvel Comics

The numerous coins of Nicaea which still exist attest the interest taken in the city by the emperors, as well as its attachment to the rulers ; many of them commemorate great festivals celebrated there in honour of gods and emperors, as Olympia, Isthmia, Dionysia, Pythia, Commodia, Severia, Philadelphia, etc.

On the Greek mainland, at Olympia, an archaic shrine with an inner cella sacred to the serpent-savior of the city ( Sosipolis ) and to Eileithyia was seen by the traveller Pausanias in the 2nd century AD ( Greece vi. 20. 1 – 3 ); in it a virgin-priestess cared for a serpent that was " fed " on honeyed barley-cakes and water — an offering suited to Demeter.

At this time the city of Helsinki constructed the Olympia Terminal in Helsinki's South Harbour, that Silja Line's ships still use.

Traveling northward from the city, US-101 North runs up to San Jose, San Francisco, and continues on along the coast up through Northern California, Oregon, and finally ends near Olympia in Washington state.

As part of the state's trend to incorporate this age level within the public schools, the city school system joined with the City's Parks Department in the development of Hornet Park, a dual-use facility built on the grounds of the former Olympia Club ( a private swimming / recreation club ).

Lacey became a commuter town for Olympia, Fort Lewis and to some extent, Tacoma ; in recent years, however, business developments, community groups, and population growth have led Lacey to develop into a city in its own right.

The largest city in the state, Seattle, is best known for being the birthplace of grunge during the mid-1980s, while nearby Tacoma and Olympia have also proven influential.

Athena was associated with the city of Athens, Apollo with Delphi and Delos, Zeus with Olympia and Aphrodite with Corinth.

Yashiro was the Japanese sister city of Olympia, Washington.

Joe Louis Arena is owned by the city of Detroit, and operated by Olympia Entertainment, an Ilitch Holdings-owned company.

The Treasuries at Olympia and Delphi ( including the Athenian Treasury and Siphnian Treasury ) were buildings by the various Greek city-states to hold their own votive offerings in money and precious metal ; the sites also contained large quantities of votive sculptures, although these were clearly intended to glorify each city in view of its rivals as well as to give thanks to the gods.

The station is heard in the Puget Sound region on KUOW FM 94. 9, in Bellingham on KQOW FM 90. 3, in Olympia on KUOW AM 1340 ( Tumwater being its actual city of license ), and on the Internet at http :// www. kuow. org.

Because a provision in the Wings ' lease with the city of Detroit prevented the Wings from operating Olympia Stadium in competition with Joe Louis or Cobo Arenas for events, or selling the building for use as a competitive venue, the building was shuttered permanently, and demolished in September 1987.