Archaía Olympía, Greece
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. The statue was a chryselephantine sculpture of ivory plates and gold panels on a wooden framework.
- City
- Archaía Olympía
- Country
- Greece
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
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