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Allow an hour and a half for a thorough tour of the site of Nemea.
Allow an hour and a half for a thorough tour. If you have less time, the stadium is worth a look. When leaving the museum, we take the marked path, which allows a rather structured visit. We are first shown the skeleton of a woman looking east, and then the remains of a bathhouse under a roof, dating from the5th century B.C. It was here that the athletes changed and coated their bodies with oil. The mixture of sweat, dust and oil being rather difficult to clean, the athletes took advantage of the sinks, which can be seen at the bottom, to rinse themselves. Further on, to the west, there is the corner of a large building whose use is not clearly determined. Leaving the thermal baths, one visits an ancient hostelry of the Games on which a basilica was built. The temple of Zeus, easily recognizable by its three Doric columns still standing, was surrounded by 32 columns, 12 on the length and 6 on the width. The 2 reconstructed columns were at the time inside the temple.
History. Who knows the works of Heracles knows the famous lion of Nemea. It is in the site of the same name that the hero defeated the animal. But this site very well developed, in spite of its weak frequentation, is especially famous for the Néméens games which took place every two years. Originally inaugurated to commemorate the death of Opheltes, son of the king of Nemea, bitten by a snake during the absence of his nurse, these games quickly became as important as those of Olympia or Delphi.
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