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The Temple of Zeus was built on an already ancient religious site at Olympia. The Altis, an enclosure with a sacred grove, open-air altars and the tumulus of Pelops, was first formed during the tenth and ninth centuries BC. [2] [3] The temple was constructed between c. 472 and 456 BC. [4]: 16
English: Apollo, from the west pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia «Ναός του Δία στην Ολυμπία» This is a photo of a monument in Greece identified by the ID
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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. Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. [citation needed]
The central figures of the east Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. The main figure is Zeus , to his left is Pelops and to his right is Oinomaus in a chariot race. Metope from the Temple of Zeus , depicting the 11th labour of Hercules .
Reconstruction drawing of the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece. Items portrayed in this file depicts. media type. image/jpeg. File history.
The depiction of this chariot race on the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, along with that of the Twelve Labours of Heracles on the metopes of the frieze, relate to the location of the temple in Olympia; the chariot race and Heracles were both believed to have started the tradition of the Olympic Games. [3]
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