The Statue of Zeus
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was created by a sculptor named Phidias. It took him 12 years from 430 from 422 BC to complete the statue. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was about 42 feet tall! Zeus was considered the king of the Greek gods. It was placed in the Temple a shrine to Zeus where Olympic Games took place every four years. The statue was destroyed by fire in the fifth century.
Dio Chrysostomos , A visitor to Zeus’ Statue, said it was made from gold, ebony, ivory and precious stone. Phidias had a workshop was set up west of where the statue of Zeus. The statue was destroyed by a fire in the fourteenth century. There was no copies ever found of the statue of Zeus.
The statue of Zeus was damaged by an earthquake but
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was created by a sculptor named Phidias. It took him 12 years from 430 from 422 BC to complete the statue. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was about 42 feet tall! Zeus was considered the king of the Greek gods. It was placed in the Temple a shrine to Zeus where Olympic Games took place every four years. The statue was destroyed by fire in the fifth century.
Dio Chrysostomos , A visitor to Zeus’ Statue, said it was made from gold, ebony, ivory and precious stone. Phidias had a workshop was set up west of where the statue of Zeus. The statue was destroyed by a fire in the fourteenth century. There was no copies ever found of the statue of Zeus.
The statue of Zeus was damaged by an earthquake but