# Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes 5.10.Part a

Scholia in Pindarum, Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes, Poem 5, Line 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-pindarum/scholia-in-pindarum-olympian-odes/5.10.Part%20a

a. βωμοὺς ἕξ: ἀφ᾿ ἱστορίας τοῦτο εἴληφεν· ἱστορεῖ γὰρ περὶ τῶν ἓξ βωμῶν Ἡρόδωρος (FHG II, 36) γραμματικός· ἐλθὼν δὲ εἰς τὴν Ἦλιν τὸ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ ἱερὸν ἱδρύσατο Διὸς Ὀλυμπίου καὶ Ὀλυμπίαν τοῦ θεοῦ ὁμώνυμον τὴν χώραν ἔθεντο. ἔθηκε δὲ αὐτῷ αὐτόθι καὶ ἄλλοις θεοῖς βωμοὺς ἓξ τῷ ἀριθμῷ σύμβολον τῶν ιβ΄ θεῶν, καὶ πρῶτον τὸν τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Ὀλυμπίου, ᾧ σύμβωμον ἐποίησε τὸν Ποσειδῶνα· δεύτερον Ἥρας καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς· τρίτον Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος· τέταρτον Χαρίτων καὶ Διονύσου· πέμπτον Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ Ἀλφειοῦ· ἕκτον Κρόνου καὶ Ῥέας. καὶ ἐπὶ πέντε ἡμέρας ἦγον τὴν ἑορτὴν βουθυσίας ποιοῦντες καὶ ἀγῶνας ἐπιτελοῦντες.

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Scholia in Pindarum, Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes, ed. A. B. Drachmann. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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