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  • Canal of Corinth, Ancient Olympia, Ancient Nemea, and the "Heraion" of the famous Vouliagmeni Lake.

    TravelDailyNews.com 2009

  • Canal of Corinth, Ancient Olympia, Ancient Nemea, and the "Heraion" of the famous Vouliagmeni Lake.

    TravelDailyNews.com 2009

  • Heraion streamed out a long line of prisoners, whilst from other sides embassies arrived in numbers; and amongst these a deputation from the Boeotians, anxious to learn what they should do to obtain peace.

    Hellenica 2007

  • Argives had already fortified the Trikaranon above the Heraion as an outpost to threaten Phlius, while the Sicyonians were engaged in fortifying Thyamia684 on their frontier; and between the two the Phliasians were severely pinched.

    Hellenica 2007

  • Sicyonians and Pellenians on the height, to prevent the Phliasians getting behind him at this point and so over the heads of his troops as they lay at the Heraion beneath. 696 As soon as the citizens of Phlius found that hostile troops were advancing on their corn-land, out dashed the cavalry with the chosen band of the Phliasians and gave battle, not suffering the enemy to penetrate into the plain.

    Hellenica 2007

  • On receipt of these tidings he commanded the troops to order arms, and having rested them a little space, led them back again to the Heraion.

    Hellenica 2007

  • Heraion by the Trikaranon, intending to ravage the flat bottom below.

    Hellenica 2007

  • Presently those who had escaped into the Heraion came out, offering to leave it to Agesilaus to decide what he would do with them.

    Hellenica 2007

  • The way to them is of equal length from the city of Heraion near Perinthos and from

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • An historian in the second century A.D. wrote that Heraion at Olympia had one remaining wood column, the last of forty to be replaced with stone.

    BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980

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