Ancient site · Greece · Partial ruin
Temple of Zeus in Olympia
The Temple of Zeus at Olympia was a large fifth-century BC peripteral Doric temple that stood within the Altis sanctuary. It housed the chryselephantine Statue of Zeus by Phidias and was long regarded as the model of the Classical Greek temple. The building measured roughly 70 by 29 meters and featured sculptured pediments and a triglyph-metope frieze.
First raised
400 BC
Its prime
457 BC
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 457 BC
What Temple of Zeus in Olympia looked like in its prime.
A large rectangular peripteral Doric temple on a three-stepped crepidoma, with six columns across the short ends and thirteen along the long sides; outer shafts are fluted poros stone coated in stucco to resemble marble. The roof was covered with thin Pentelic marble tiles and a carved entablature carrying a triglyph-metope frieze and triangular pediments filled with marble sculpture. Projecting lion-head waterspouts punctuate the roofline; two rows of internal columns divide the cella into three aisles centered on a colossal seated statue.
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11 places to explore in 457 BC.
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