"inerior" - 1 õppematerjal

The statue of Zeus at Olympia

larger temple, one worthy of the King of the gods were needed. Between 470 and 460 B.C., construction on a new temple was started. The designer was Libon of Elis and The Temple of Zeus was completed in 456 B.C. This temple followed a design used on many large Grecian temples. Though the temple was considered one of the best examples of the Doric design, it was decided that the temple alone was too simple to be worthy of the King of the gods. To remedy this, a statue was commissioned for the inerior – a magnificent statue of Zeus that would become one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The sculptor chosen for this great task was a man named Phidias.He began working on the statue around 440 B.C. When the stature was completed, it barely fitted in the temple. The first archaeological work on the Olympia site was done by group of French Scientists in 1829.They were able to locate the outlines of the temple and found the fragments of the sculpture