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The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m (41 ft) tall, [1] made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there.
24 Ιουλ 2018 · The master sculptor and architect Phidias (also spelt Pheidias, active c. 465-425 BCE), who had already supervised construction of the Parthenon (447-432 BCE) in Athens and its giant statue of the city's patron goddess Athena, was called on again to produce a similarly monumental sculpture of Zeus.
24 Σεπ 2024 · Statue of Zeus, at Olympia, Greece, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The statue was one of two masterpieces by the Greek sculptor Phidias (the other being the statue of Athena in the Parthenon) and was placed in the huge Temple of Zeus at Olympia in western Greece.
Herodotus said that statue occupied a whole room at western of the temple o Zeus in Olympia (about 150 Km west of Athens), the city where Greeks celebrated the original Olympics games. The statue was made by the Greek sculptor Phidias (who made also the statue of Athena in the Parthenon) in honor to the king of the Greek gods and it was the ...
CHAPTER FIVE THE LEGACY OF THE PHIDIAN ZEUS AT OLYMPIA JUDY BARRINGER The colossal seated statue of Zeus by Phidias, made c.430 B.C. for the temple of Zeus at Olympia, was legendary already in antiquity.1 Its size and splendour, together with its richly decorated throne, were remarked on with admiration by numerous ancient writers.
Phidias or Pheidias (/ ˈfɪdiəs /; Ancient Greek: Φειδίας, Pheidias; c. 480 – c. 430 BC) was an Ancient Greek sculptor, painter, and architect, active in the 5th century BC. His Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
8 Ιαν 2022 · The statue of Zeus in Olympia was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the masterpiece of Phidias, antiquity’s greatest sculptor. Sadly, the statue was destroyed under unknown circumstances at some point in late antiquity.
