Search Results: Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The monumental statue of Zeus at Olympia in Greece was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Created in the 430s BCE under the supervision of the master Greek sculptor Phidias, the huge ivory and gold statue was bigger even than...

A silver tetradrachm from the reign of Alexander the Great (336-323 BCE) showing the statue of Zeus at Olympia (dedicated c. 430 BCE). (Corfu Bank Museum, Corfu)

Olympia Fulvia Morata (l. 1526-1555, also given as Olimpia) was an Italian scholar, poet, and writer who sought to advance the Protestant Reformation in Italy. She was considered one of the greatest classical scholars of her time but was...

Zeus was the king of the 12 Olympian gods and the supreme god in Greek religion. Zeus is often referred to as the Father, as the god of thunder, and the 'cloud-gatherer'. Zeus controlled the weather and offered signs and omens. Zeus generally...

A coin from the reign of Hadrian depicting the staute of Zeus at Olympia, on of the Seven Wonders of the World. 117-138 CE. (National Archaeological Museum, Florence)

A reconstruction of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia. The statue was built by Phidias in the 5th Century BCE and is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Ancient Olympia was an ancient Greek sanctuary site dedicated to the worship of Zeus located in the western Peloponnese. The Pan-Hellenic Olympic Games were held at the site in honour of Zeus every four years from 776 BCE to 393 CE. Olympia...

The statue in the Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg which imitates the now lost statue of Zeus at Olympia (dedicated c. 430 BCE), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Achilles The hero of the Trojan War, leader of the Myrmidons, slayer of Hector and Greece's greatest warrior, who sadly came unstuck when Paris sent a flying arrow guided by Apollo, which caught him in his only weak spot, his heel. Adonis...

An 19th century CE illustration of what the 5th century BCE statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, may have looked like.