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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia 2
altar of Zeus Horkios 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 (23)

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

Bouleuterion of Olympia → adjacentTo → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Statue of Zeus at Olympia → associatedWith → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Heraia → associatedWithSanctuary → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Villa of Nero at Olympia → hasNearbySite → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Altis sacred precinct → hasPart → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Archaeological site of Olympia → hasPart → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Bouleuterion of Olympia → hasPart → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: altar of Zeus Horkios
sanctuary of Olympia → hasPart → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Olympia → hasStructure → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Olympia, Greece → hasStructure → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Statue of Zeus at Olympia → locatedIn → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus → locatedNear → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Echo Stoa → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Palaestra of Olympia → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Philippeion → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Prytaneion of Olympia → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Hera at Olympia → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Theokoleon → near → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Alfeios River → nearSite → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Gymnasion of Olympia → nearbyStructure → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Leonidaion → nearbyStructure → Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Centauromachy → notableDepiction → 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