GREECE PELOPONNESE KORINTHIA NEMEA SANCTUARY

You realize the true dimensions only when you stand next to the columns - and in Nemea it is (still) possible.

Above and below: The walls and the floor of the cella with an underground adyton, perhaps an oracle, 2 m below the floor of the cella.

Above left: A view to the adyton. - Above right: Detail of the floor behind the cella, where the stone slabs were originally joined by metal clamps.

Above: Two circular structures that may have been the fundaments of very large statue bases. - Below left: Circular building next to the temple of Zeus. - Below right: Part of the ancient baths. The athletes of the Nemean Games scraped the combination of oil, sweat, and dust (called "gloios" and collected for medicinal uses) from their bodies before descending into the bathing chambers.