Gardner, Percy: New chapters in Greek history: historical results of recent excavations in Greece and Asia Minor (London, 1892)

Chap. IX.] Olympia and Hie Festival. 291

to add a new building without. The strict architectural
rules of the Greeks prevented them from altering the
proportions of temples and halls. In the Senate-house
sat the Olympian Senate, the body which was the final
court of appeal in all matters relating to the festival—
who inflicted fines on competitors, and to whom an
appeal lay from the Hellanodicae. Within this build-
ing, too, was the altar of Zeus, at which all competitors
took a solemn oath to abide by the conditions of the
contest, and to take no unfair advantage. After the oath
their names were placed on the list, and read out to
the assembled
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