Under the porches of the Temple of Zeus were twelve pictures in marble, six at each end, showing the Labors of Herakles. Herakles was highly honored at Olympia and, according to one tale, he, instead of Pelops, was the founder of the Olympic Games.
[Herakles and the Nemean lion.—Metropolitan Museum]
[Herakles and the hydra.—Metropolitan Museum]
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