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.
Phidias built the statue of Zeus at Olympia 432 BC.
There was always a cult statue in a temple. So in the Zeus temple there should be a Zeus statue.
It was destroyed by fire in the 5th century.
Phidias.
Libon designed the temple and Pheidias was asked to build a big statue for Zeus.
why was the statue of zeus at olympia is so important
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 built in Olympia.
Sadly Fidias' Zeus statue was destroyed many centuries ago. It was in the Zeus temple at Olympia, of course.
Phidias made the Zeus statue at Olympia.
The Statue of Zeus WAS at Olympia in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece.It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
I think the older wonder of the world is the statue of Zeus in Olympia.
The statue of Zeus still stands in Olympia, Greece.
Zeus.
phidias