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The temple is about 500 m (0.3 mi) south-east of the Acropolis, and about 700 m (0.4 mi) south of the center of Athens, Syntagma Square. Its foundations were laid on the site of an ancient outdoor sanctuary dedicated to Zeus. An earlier temple had stood there, constructed by the tyrant Peisistratus around 550 BC.
Detail of a metope from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, featuring Heracles and the Cretan bull (Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece). The sculptural decoration in imported Parian marble [9] featured carved metopes and triglyph friezes, topped by pediments filled with sculptures in the Severe style, now attributed to the "Olympia Master" and his studio.
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]
English: Plan of the temple of Zeus in Olympia (Greece), peripter, with inner sanctuary and front and rear porches. Shaded the base of the statue of Zeus, and before it the pool of olive oil. Shaded the base of the statue of Zeus, and before it the pool of olive oil.
Map of the first archaeological excavations in Olympia and of the temple of Olympian Zeus discovered by the expedition of Morea in May 1829 (by Abel Blouet and Pierre Achille Poirot) Over time the site was buried under alluvial deposits, up to 8 metres deep, long thought to be the result of river flooding.
Temple of Athena Polias and Zeus Polieus; Temple of Dictaean Zeus; Temple of Zeus; Temple of Zeus Belos; Temple of Zeus Hypsistos; Temple of Zeus Salaminios; Temple of Zeus Stratios; Temple of Zeus, Cyrene; Temple of Zeus, Dion; Temple of Zeus, Dodona; Temple of Zeus, Nemea; Temple of Zeus, Olba; Temple of Zeus, Olympia; Temple of Zeus, Sagmatas
In front of the temple stands an altar, to the base of which a metal ring was attached, which served to tie the sacrificial animals. Both gods, Zeus Hypsistos and Zeus Olympios, were simultaneously venerated. While Zeus Olympios ruled the people from the top of Mount Olympus, Zeus Hypsistos dominated the sky, that is, all the supernatural.
Temple of Zeus may refer to: Organization. Temple of Zeus, an occult religious organization; Greece. Temple of Zeus, Olympia; Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens;