Temple of Zeus at Olympia

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Doric temple ancient Greek temple sanctuary building

The Temple of Zeus at Olympia was a monumental Doric sanctuary in ancient Greece, famed for housing the colossal chryselephantine Statue of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Temple of Zeus at Olympia canonical 38
Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia 9
Olympia temple of Zeus pedimental sculptures 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Doric temple ⓘ
ancient Greek temple ⓘ
sanctuary building ⓘ
architect Libon of Elis ⓘ
architecturalStyle Doric order ⓘ
associatedWith Olympic Games ⓘ
builtDuring Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
builtInCentury 5th century BCE ⓘ
builtUnder rule of the Eleans ⓘ
constructionEndApprox c. 456 BCE ⓘ
constructionStartApprox c. 470 BCE ⓘ
culturalSignificance associated with one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
major monument of Classical Greek architecture ⓘ
dedicatedTo Zeus ⓘ
destroyedBy earthquakes ⓘ
destroyedInCentury 6th century CE ⓘ
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
excavationStartApprox 1875 ⓘ
famousFor housing the Statue of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
function cult center of Zeus ⓘ
religious worship ⓘ
hasColumnArrangement 6 by 13 columns ⓘ
hasFeature cella ⓘ
metopes ⓘ
naos ⓘ
opisthodomos ⓘ
pedimental sculptures ⓘ
peripteral colonnade ⓘ
pronaos ⓘ
hasHeightApprox about 20 meters to the pediment ⓘ
hasLengthApprox 64 meters ⓘ
hasMetopesDepicting Heracles cycle ⓘ
surface form: Labors of Herakles
hasOrder Doric ⓘ
hasPedimentSculpturesDepicting battle of Lapiths and Centaurs ⓘ
chariot race of Pelops and Oinomaos ⓘ
hasSculpturalDecorationBy Phidias ⓘ
surface form: Pheidias
hasWidthApprox 27 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Archaeological Site of Olympia ⓘ
housed Statue of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
cult statue of Zeus ⓘ
housedWorkBy Phidias ⓘ
surface form: Pheidias
locatedIn Elis ⓘ
Olympia ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedInCountry Greece ⓘ
materialUsed local limestone ⓘ
marble for sculptural decoration ⓘ
partOf sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
status ruin ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1989 ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Archaeological site of Olympia → hasPart → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Echo Stoa → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Theokoleon → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Leonidaion → nearbyStructure → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Hera at Olympia → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Philippeion → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Palaestra of Olympia → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Prytaneion of Olympia → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Gymnasion of Olympia → nearbyStructure → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Bouleuterion of Olympia → hasPart → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: altar of Zeus Horkios
Bouleuterion of Olympia → adjacentTo → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus → locatedNear → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Statue of Zeus at Olympia → locatedIn → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Statue of Zeus at Olympia → partOf → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Statue of Zeus at Olympia → associatedWith → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Villa of Nero at Olympia → hasNearbySite → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Altis sacred precinct → hasPart → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Olympia → hasStructure → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Olympia, Greece → hasStructure → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Centauromachy → notableDepiction → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Alfeios River → nearSite → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
sanctuary of Olympia → hasPart → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Heraia → associatedWithSanctuary → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
cella (naos) → hasExample → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: naos of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Ἥραιον Ὀλυμπίας → situatedNear → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Stadium of Olympia → nearby → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Libon of Elis → designed → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Πρυτανεῖον Ὀλυμπίας → locatedNear → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Heraion of Olympia → locatedNear → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Panhellenic sanctuary network → hasPart → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Hellanodikai → location → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia → comparableTo → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Metroon at Olympia → isInSanctuaryWith → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Kronion hill → hasViewOf → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
subject surface form: Kronion Hill
sanctuary of Zeus → contains → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
sanctuary of Zeus → locatedIn → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
subject surface form: Statue of Zeus at Olympia
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Pelopion → partOf → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Pelopion → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Themis (remains) → hasNearbySite → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Archaeological Museum of Olympia → nearby → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Workshop of Pheidias → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Museum of the History of the Olympic Games of Antiquity → nearbyAttraction → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Museum of the History of the Excavations at Olympia → associatedWithSite → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Lapiths → representedInArt → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Zeus at Olympia sculptures
Elis in the Peloponnese → majorSanctuary → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
subject surface form: Elis
Elis regional unit → contains → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Eleans → mainSanctuary → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Ἦλις → majorSanctuary → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Severe style → notableExample → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olympia temple of Zeus pedimental sculptures
sanctuary of Artemis → nearbySite → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Artemis at Scillus
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia