They, meaning the Greeks, probably built the statue of Zues so that he would feel important and so they could worship him.
1432
Libon designed the temple and Pheidias was asked to build a big statue for Zeus.
it took him 5 years to build it
The statue of Zeus was built in 435 BCE. It was designed and created by Phidias and is located in Olympia, Greece.
The Statue of Zeus was constructed out of ivory and gold plating. The process used to make the statue was called chryselephantine, where the gold and ivory plates were laid over wood plates.
A chisel and hammer...
The statue of Zeus was built for Zeus.
The statue of Zeus was built in Olympia.
Some parts were constructed/sculptured on site and some in the nearby workshop of Phidias. The material used were ebony. ivory and gold. In Greece is known as ''the golden-ivory statue of Zeus''.
A chryselephantine sculpture of plated ivory and gold panels over a wooden framework, it represented the god Zeus sitting on an elaborate cedarwood throne ornamented with ebony, ivory, gold, and precious stones.
The purpose of the statue was to honor the god Zeus.
Phidias made the Zeus statue at Olympia.