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2. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens - Wikipedia

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   The Temple of Olympian Zeus (Ancient Greek: Ναὸς τοῦ Ὀλυμπίου Διός, Naós tou Olympíou Diós), also known as the Olympieion or Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a colossal temple in the centre of Athens, now in ruins.

3. List of Ancient Greek temples - Wikipedia

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   The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, (174 BC–132 AD), with the Parthenon (447–432 BC) in the background. This list of ancient Greek temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy ("Magna Graecia"), wherever there were Greek colonies, and the ...

4. Category:Temples in ancient Athens - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Temples in ancient Athens" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens; P. Parthenon; S.

5. Arch of Hadrian (Athens) - Wikipedia

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   It spanned an ancient road from the center of Athens, Greece, to the complex of structures on the eastern side of the city that included the Temple of Olympian Zeus. It has been proposed that the arch was built to celebrate the adventus (arrival) of the Roman emperor Hadrian and to honor him for his many benefactions to the city, on the ...

6. Ancient Greek temple - Wikipedia

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   Ruin of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. The canonical solution was found fairly soon by the architect Libon of Elis, who erected the Temple of Zeus at Olympia around 46. With its 6 × 13 columns or 5 × 12 intercolumniations, this temple was designed entirely rationally.

7. Temple of Zeus, Olympia - Wikipedia

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   The Temple of Zeus at Olympia 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 classical Greek temple of the Doric order .