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Bronze Geometric Horse [BR 20] |
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Nemea remains quiet throughout the Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100-700 B.C.), and Geometric period evidence is limited to some pottery fragments and a bronze horse figurine. From the Archaic period to Roman times, the site which was subject to flooding was not suited to permanent settlement. In 573 B.C., however, Nemea became host to biennial, Panhellenic games, thus joining the ranks of Olympia, Delphi, and Isthmia. Evidence for increasing activity in the Sanctuary of Zeus supports this traditional date for the first Nemean games. Since Nemea was a seasonal site, the nearby town of Kleonai supervised the games. Kleonai, however, was absorbed into the Argive sphere of influence, and the growing power of Argos gradually allowed that city to move the games from Nemea in the late 5th century B.C., probably taking them to Argos itself. 
Arrow Heads and Spear Points Found in Sanctuary of Zeus [BR 3, 10, 11, 19, & 28, IL 4 & 6] During the 5th century, the sanctuary was much used until it was violently destroyed at the close of the 5th century, and arrowheads and iron spear points found there may be linked to skirmishes between the Spartans and the Argives during the Peloponnesian War near the end of the 5th century B.C.
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