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These Are My Jewels (also known as Ohio's Jewels: Grant, Sheridan, Stanton, Garfield, Hayes, Chase, and Sherman, or simply Ohio's Jewels) is an 1893–1894 monument by Levi Scofield, installed outside the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
On the other hand, the statue is essentially a larger version of an extensive series of smaller solid bronze figurines extending back into the late 7th century, all of which strike the same pose and represent Zeus. [7] On the basis of this and other iconographic parallels with vase-painting, [8] most scholars presently think it is a Zeus ...
The statue of Jupiter is also a significant monument of the Flavian era, bearing the characteristic features of Roman art of this period. The prototype of this sculpture was created by Phidias in the 5th century BC, the legendary statue of Zeus at Olympia , revered as one of the Seven Wonders of the World .
Phidias or Pheidias (/ ˈ f ɪ d i ə s /; 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.
Statue of Zeus at Olympia (17 P) Pages in category "Sculptures by Phidias" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach.
Smyrna was platted in 1817. [3] The Smyrna Post Office (at latitude 40° 10' 20" N, longitude 81° 14' 39" W) [4] was established on 12 February 1827 and discontinued on 31 July 1907; mail service has since been provided by the Freeport post office. [5]
A modern reconstruction of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, topic of the oration.. The Olympic Oration or On Man's First Conception of God (Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπικὸς ἢ περὶ τῆς πρώτης τοῦ θεοῦ ἐννοίας, romanized: Olympikos ē peri tēs protēs tou theou ennoias, Oration 12 in modern corpora) is a speech delivered by Dio Chrysostom at the Olympic games ...