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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.
It is unknown how many people died creating the Statue of Zeus at Olympia if any did. It was made by the sculptor Phidias around 435 BC.
The statue of Zeus was built for Zeus.
The statue of Zeus was built so that the people in Olympia Greece can worship him for all that he has done.
They, meaning the Greeks, probably built the statue of Zues so that he would feel important and so they could worship him.
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''.
The statue of Zeus was built in Olympia.