Temple of zeus

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Até me dá um arrepio na espinha quando ouço demagogos afirmarem coisas como "temos de respeitar a vontade democrática dos Gregos", para insinuar que a Europa tem de fazer o que os Gregos querem dado que foi essa a vontade democrática do povo. - Qualquer povo quer ter maior qualidade de vida, não são precisas eleições para o concluir. - Qualquer povo quer coisas grátis, não são precisas eleições para o concluir. - Qualquer povo quer boa educação, boa saúde, segurança, não são precisas…

. . .was a giant seated figure, about 41 ft tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The statue was lost and destroyed during the 5th century AD; details of its form are known only from ancient Greek descriptions and representations on coins.

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Greek Temple of Zeus at Olympia

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The Temple of Zeus at Olympia. The enormous temple housed the famed statue of Zeus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The Chryselephantine statue was approximately 45 ft. high, and was made by the sculptor Phidias in his workshop on the site at Olympia. The statue's completion took approximately 12 years and was one of antiquity's most revered artistic works.

A can't-miss on two counts: it's a marvellous temple, once the largest in Greece, and it's smack in the centre of Athens. Of the temple's 104 original…

The remains of a massive ancient temple right in the centre of Athens.