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According to Suetonius, the Roman Emperor Caligula "gave orders that such statues of the gods as were especially famous for their sanctity or for their artistic merit, including that of Zeus at Olympia, should be brought from Greece, in order to remove their heads and put his own in their place."
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What year was the statue of Zeus destroyed?
The statue of Zeus was destroyed in 475 A.D
Why was the statue of Zeus destroyed?
it was riened by a fire and sent off to be destroyed by a jealous king.
What happened to the statue of Zeus?
Nobody is really sure what happened to the statue, some say it was carried off to Constantinople, where it was destroyed in a fire in 475AD. Others say it was destroyed when the temple in which it sat was destroyed in 425AD.
When was the statue of Zeus destroyed?
You will need to be more specific. I think you mean the famous one at Olympia that was destroyed in a fire (it is debated if the fire was at the temple or whether the statue was in Constantinople at the time)
Who were responsible for the statue of Zeus?
Phidias made the Zeus statue at Olympia.
What year was the statue of Zeus destroyed?
The statue of Zeus was destroyed in 475 A.D
Why did Zeus' statue get destroyed?
destroyed by a jealos king
What destroyed the statue of zeus?
a giant fire
Where is statue of Zeus at Olympia?
Sadly Fidias' Zeus statue was destroyed many centuries ago. It was in the Zeus temple at Olympia, of course.
Where was the statue of Zeus?
There is no chronology in the ancient myths.
Why was the statue of Zeus destroyed?
it was riened by a fire and sent off to be destroyed by a jealous king.
When was the statue of Zeus of Olympia destroyed?
462 A.D. by fire
When did the statue of Zeus disappear?
The statue disappeared in 462 AD when it was destroyed by fire in Istanbul, Turkey.
What happened to the statue of Zeus of Olympia?
It was destroyed by fire in the 5th century.
What present day state is the statue of Zeus at Olympia in?
The Statue of Zeus is not complete in the present day. In fact, it was destroyed in a fire in the 5th century AD.
Why did the Statue of Zeus Burn down?
it was destroyed by a fire!
How was Zeus destroyed?
he was never destroyed he is immortal and the most powerful god there might be myths about him being destroyed but that is fake his statue in Greece was destroyed though
