Perhaps the greatest discovery came in 1954-58 with the excavation of the workshop at Olympia where Phidias created the statue. Tools, terracotta molds and a cup inscribed "I belong to Pheidias" were found here, where the traveller Pausanius, said the Zeus was constructed.
Phidias was the greatest sculptor who sculpted the statue of Zeus at the Temple of Olympia.
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Phidias made the Zeus statue at Olympia.
circa 432 BC by Phidias
The sculpture of Zeus in his temple at Olympia.
The famous Zeus statue by Phidias in Olympia had a robe of gold (litterally!).
Phidias, a Greek sculptor, painter and architect, who lived in the 5th century BC.
Phidias, a Greek sculptor, painter and architect, who lived in the 5th century BC.
Phidias, a Greek sculptor, painter and architect, who lived in the 5th century BC.
The statue of Zeus was built in 435 BCE. It was designed and created by Phidias and is located in Olympia, Greece.
We simply don't know.
Phidias' Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Phidias designed the statues of the goddess Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, namely the Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon and the Athena Promachos.