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The Statue of Zeus

History: In about 450 B.C., the city of Olympia -- where the first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. -- built a temple to honor the god Zeus. Many considered the Doric-style temple too simple, so a ...
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Impossible to Stop Praising, Cheering, and Applauding the Athletes at Olympia

Olympia is in northwestern Peloponnesos. Its name comes from the sanctuary dedicated to the Olympian Zeus. The sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia For more than a thousand years, the sanctuary of Zeus at ...
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Fallen columns of the great Temple of Zeus, Olympia (erected V Cent. B.C.). 2420 Photonegative

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Temple of Zeus, Olympia (E.S.E.), where the greatest of Greeks worshipped for 850 years. 9335 Photonegative

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Figure N (Seer), East pediment, Temple of Zeus, Olympia

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