greek sculptor phidias sculpted the statue of zeus at olympia.
greek sculptor phidias sculpted the statue of zeus at olympia.
who sculpted the statue of zeus at olympia?
greek sculptor phidias
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the statue of zeus at olympia was a giant seated figure, about tall, made by the greek sculptor phidias around 435 bc at the sanctuary of olympia, greece, and erected in the temple of zeus there. 









































a chryselephantine sculpture of ivory plates and gold panels on a wooden framework, it represented the god zeus on a cedarwood throne ornamented with ebony, ivory, gold and precious stones.
statue of zeus at olympia
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bullet::::- mcwilliam, janette. 2011. "the statue of zeus at olympia in western imagination via the internet." in "the statue of zeus at olympia: new approaches." edited by janette mcwilliam, sonia puttock, tom stevenson, and rashna taraporewalla, 209–22. newcastle, uk: cambridge scholars.
statue of zeus at olympia