The site was primarily dedicated to Zeus and drew visitors from all over the Greek world as one of a group of such "Panhellenic" centres which helped to build the identity of the ancient Greeks as a nation.
O sitio estaba dedicado principalmente a Zeus e atraía a visitantes de todo o mundo grego como un grupo de centros "Panhelenicos" que axudaron a construír a identidade dos antigos gregos como nación.