\b0 Plain in Elis watered by the river \b \cf4 \ATXht10122 Alpheus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 where an oracle of the gods \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht10332 Cronus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was venerated. \b \cf4 \ATXht3 Hera\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 had an important temple there as well. There was never a real city of this name, but its universal fame derives from the gr
oup of sacred buildings linked to the celebration of the pan-Hellenic Olympic Games every four years from 776 BC onward.