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Presentation Statue of Zeus at Olympia by Khablieva Elena
Plan • Keywords • Introduction • • Description Interesting Facts Conclusion List of references
Keywords • • • Statue Zeus Olympia Phidias God
In the ancient world, there were many temples dedicated to Zeus, the king of the Greek gods. But there was only one temple to Zeus that housed one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was created by a sculptor named Phidias. It took him 12 years, from 430 to 422 BC, to complete the statue. Zeus was considered the king of the Greek gods and this magnificent statue was created to honor him. It was placed in the Temple at Olympia, a shrine to Zeus.
• The Olympic Games were held every four years in honor of Zeus was considered to be the ‘Father of gods and men'. He was the king of all the other gods. • The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was about 42 feet tall. • The statue was made of a wooden frame and covered in ivory and gold panels. • Phidias set up a workshop west of the Temple at Olympia where he would complete most of the work on the Statue of Zeus. • • The size of the Statue of Zeus was so large that if Zeus stood up he would have put his head through the roof of the temple. All the details of the statue today are taken from depictions on coins and ancient Greek descriptions.
• The frame of the statue was made of wood. • A visitor to the Statue of Zeus in 97 A. D. , Dio Crysostomos described the statue as being made of gold, ebony, ivory and precious stones. He also said that there were images of animals and Greek gods carved into the chair. In Zeus' right hand was a figure of the goddess of victory Nike. In his left hand he held a scepter topped with an eagle. • The statue was damaged by an earthquake in 170 BC but it was repaired.
• When the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity in the early fourth century A. D. , he ordered that all gold be stripped from any pagan shrines, including the Statue of Zeus at Olympia. • The Olympics were abolished in 392 A. D. by Emperor Theodosius I of Rome. He also felt that the games were a pagan ritual. • Archaeologists discovered Phidias' workshop in the 1950 s. During their excavation they found the tools that he used to create the Statue of Zeus at Olympia.
To conclude my presentation I would like to add that The palace was destroyed by fire in 462 AD, and one of the seven wonders of the ancient world was unfortunately lost forever.
List of references • http: //www. softschools. com/facts/wonders_ of_the_world/statue_of_zeus_at_olympia_f acts/68/ • http: //www. ancient. eu. com/article/126/ • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Statue_of_Zeus _at_Olympia
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