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Olympia, Greece
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Olympia, officially Archaia Olympia, is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name. The site was a major Panhellenic religi
View of the Palestra, a center for wrestling
View of the Palestra, a center for wrestling
The archaeological site showing the stadium, the temple of Hera, the temple of Zeus. The line of trees, upper right, border a road to the north of the
The archaeological site showing the stadium, the temple of Hera, the temple of Zeus. The line of trees, upper right, border a road to the north of the Alfeios. Geologically the site is terraced into the gentle north slope of the Alfeios valley visible in the background.
Peribolos wall remains seen in the foreground from the south against the backdrop of the Temple of Hera
Peribolos wall remains seen in the foreground from the south against the backdrop of the Temple of Hera
Crypt (arched way to the stadium)
Crypt (arched way to the stadium)
Temple of Zeus, Olympia
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The Temple of Zeus was an ancient Greek temple in Olympia, Greece, dedicated to the god Zeus. The temple, built in the second quarter of the fifth century BC, was the very model of the fully developed
Olympia, Greece
…cult image in his temple, sculpted by Pheidias, which was named one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Antipater of Sidon. Very close to the Temple of Zeus which housed this statue, the studio of Pheidias was excavated in the 1950s. Evidence found there, such as sculptor's tools, corroborates this opinion…
Wilhelm Lübke's illustration of the temple as it might have looked in the fifth century BC
Wilhelm Lübke's illustration of the temple as it might have looked in the fifth century BC
Pedimental sculptures in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia
Pedimental sculptures in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia
Detail of a metope from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, featuring Heracles and the Cretan bull (Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece)
Detail of a metope from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, featuring Heracles and the Cretan bull (Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece)
Artist's reconstruction of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Artist's reconstruction of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia