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Definition: The Athenian sculptor Pheidias (Phidias) is considered the greatest of the classical sculptors, so in 440 B.C., when it was decided that Zeus should preside via statue at the Olympic games, at Olympia*, those responsible for honoring the king of the gods commissioned Pheidias. The ivory and gold-covered statue of Zeus that Pheidias crafted sat in a Doric temple built c. 450 B.C. by the architect Libon.
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What is the size of the statue of Zeus?
The statue of Zeus is bout 400 feet tall.
When did the building of the statue of Zeus at Olympia finished?
The Statue of Zeus is 2,468 years old.
What the statue of Zeus use for?
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The statue of Zeus at Olympia marks the original site of which sporting event?
The Olympic Games
Why didn't the Temple of Zeus at Olympia have a proper statue?
I think it could be called a proper statue, since that work of Phidias was counted as one of the seven wonders of the world.
Who was the statue of Zeus for?
The statue of Zeus was built for Zeus.
Where was the statue of Zeus made?
The statue of Zeus was built in Olympia.
Where was the statue of Zeus built in the modern days?
The statue of zeus was built at pelonnesus (modern Greece)
When was The Statue of Zeus of Olympia built?
why was the statue of zeus at olympia is so important
Why was the statue of Zeus built?
The statue of Zeus was built in Olympia to honor the Greek god Zeus, who was considered the king of the gods in Greek mythology. The statue was part of the temple dedicated to Zeus and served as a symbol of his power and significance in ancient Greece.
What is purpose of the statue of Zeus?
It was built to honor zeus
What is symbolic meaning of The Statue of Zeus?
the statue of Zeus was built to honor Zeus and to show his glory to passing visitors. the statue of Zeus was built to honor Zeus and to show his glory to passing visitors.
What was the reason they built the statue of zeus?
The statue of Zeus was built so that the people in Olympia Greece can worship him for all that he has done.
Who built the statue of Zeus built?
the famed sculptor Phidias built the statue in 435 BC.
How was statue of Zeus built?
by the Greeks
For whom was the statue of Zeus built?
For the temple of Zeus where he was worshiped.
Whom was the statue of Zeus built?
For the temple of Zeus where he was worshiped.
