Statue of Zeus at Olympia
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statue-of-zeus-at-olympia-183-8263625
title:
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
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The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m (41 ft) 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 of Mount Olympus. The statue was a chryselephantine sculpture of ivory plates and gold panels on a wooden framework. Zeus sat on a painted cedarwood throne ornamented with ebony, ivory, gold, and prec
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Sculpture by Phidias
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Zeus_at_Olympia
date created:
2002-08-09T09:41:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T19:09:05Z
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