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Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of , and erected in the there.
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Photo: Quatremère de Quincy, Public domain.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork_type: statue
  • Description: one of The Seven Wonders of the World

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olympia and Temple of Zeus.

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is a town and UNESCO World Heritage Site in , . This was the site of the original Olympic Games from 776 BCE. The games, held every four years in honor of the Greek god Zeus, lasted through the entire Classical Age until the late 4th century CE.

Ruins
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The was an ancient Greek temple in , dedicated to the god Zeus. The temple, built in the second quarter of the fifth century BC, was the very model of the fully developed classical Greek temple of the Doric order.

Ruins
Photo: Jedudedek, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The , or Heraion, is an ancient Archaic Greek temple at , , that was dedicated to Hera, queen of the Greek gods. It is the oldest temple at Olympia and one of the most venerable in all of Greece. is situated 110 metres north of Statue of Zeus at Olympia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ancient Olympia and Koskinas.

Town
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Olympia, officially Archaia Olympia, is a small town in Elis on the peninsula in , famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name.

Village
is a village in the municipality of , Elis, . It is 1.5 km northeast of Olympia.

Village
Pisa is a village situated 2.15 kilometres to the east of , located on the northwest side of the Peloponnesus peninsula. Currently it is not politically independent but it is a community of the municipality of Ancient Olympia, in the regional unit of .

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Latitude
37.63795° or 37° 38′ 17″ north
Longitude
21.63025° or 21° 37′ 49″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q46239
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Statue of Zeus at Olympia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Zeus-standbeeld van Olimpia”
  • Albanian: “Shtatorja e Zeusit në Olimpia”
  • Arabic: “تمثال زوس في اوليمبيا”
  • Arabic: “تمثال زوس”
  • Arabic: “تمثال زيوس”
  • Armenian: “Զևսի արձան”
  • Armenian: “Զևսի արձանը Օլիմպիայում”
  • Armenian: “Զևսի արձանն Օլիմպոսում”
  • Asturian: “Estatua de Zeus n’Olimpia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Olimpdə Zevsin heykəli”
  • Bashkir: “Олимпияла Зевс статуяһы”
  • Basque: “Olinpiako Zeusen Estatua”
  • Basque: “Zeusen Olinpiako estatua”
  • Belarusian: “Статуя Зеўса”
  • Belarusian: “Статуя Зэўса”
  • Bengali: “অলিম্পিয়ার জিউসের মূর্তি”
  • Bosnian: “Zeusov kip u Olimpiji”
  • Bulgarian: “Статуя на Зевс Олимпийски”
  • Bulgarian: “Статуята на Зевс Олимпийски”
  • Burmese: “အိုလမ်ပီယာရှိ ဇုစ်နတ်မင်းကြီး၏ ရုပ်ထု”
  • Catalan: “estàtua de Zeus a Olímpia”
  • Catalan: “Estàtua de Zeus a Olímpia”
  • Central Kurdish: “پەیکەری زیووس”
  • Chinese: “Olympia ê Zeus Siōng”
  • Chinese: “奧林匹亞宙斯神像”
  • Chinese: “宙斯神像”
  • Chuvash: “Олимпири Зевс кĕлетки”
  • Croatian: “Zeusov kip u Olimpiji”
  • Czech: “Diova socha v Olympii”
  • Czech: “Feidiův Zeus v Olympii”
  • Danish: “Zeusstatuen i Olympia”
  • Dhivehi: “Statue of Zeus at Olympia”
  • Dhivehi: “ޒިއުސް ގެ ބުދު”
  • Dutch: “Beeld van Zeus te Olympia”
  • Dutch: “Beeld van Zeus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال زيوس”
  • Esperanto: “Statuo de Zeŭso en Olimpio”
  • Esperanto: “Statuo de Zeŭso”
  • Estonian: “Zeusi kuju Olümpias”
  • Finnish: “Zeuksen kuvapatsas Olympiassa”
  • Finnish: “Zeuksen kuvapatsas”
  • Finnish: “Zeun kuvapatsas Olympiassa”
  • French: “statue chryséléphantine de Zeus à Olympie”
  • French: “Statue chryséléphantine de Zeus à Olympie”
  • French: “Statue chryselephantine de Zeus olympien”
  • French: “Statue chryséléphantine de zeus olympien”
  • French: “Zeus Olympien”
  • Galician: “Estatua de Zeus en Olimpia”
  • Galician: “Estatua de Zeus”
  • Georgian: “ზევსის ქანდაკება ოლიმპიაში”
  • German: “Zeus-Statue des Phidias”
  • German: “Zeusstatue des Phidias”
  • German: “Zeusstatue von Olympia”
  • German: “Zeusstatue”
  • Greek: “Άγαλμα του Ολυμπίου Διός”
  • Greek: “Το άγαλμα του Ολυμπίου Διός”
  • Greek: “Χρυσοελεφάντινο άγαλμα του Δία”
  • Hebrew: “פסל זאוס באולימפיה”
  • Hindi: “ओलम्पिया में जियस की मूर्ति”
  • Hindi: “ओलम्पिया में जियस की मू्र्ति”
  • Hungarian: “Az olimpiai Zeusz-szobor”
  • Hungarian: “Pheidiasz olümpiai Zeusz-szobra”
  • Hungarian: “Pheidiász olümpiai Zeusz-szobra”
  • Hungarian: “Zeusz-szobor”
  • Icelandic: “Seifsstyttan í Olympíu”
  • Icelandic: “Seifsstyttan í Ólympíu”
  • Indonesian: “Patung Zeus di Olympia”
  • Irish: “Dealbh Shéas in Oilimpia”
  • Italian: “Statua crisoelefantina di Zeus”
  • Italian: “Statua di Zeus a Olimpia”
  • Italian: “Statua di Zeus di Olimpia”
  • Italian: “Statua di Zeus”
  • Italian: “Zeus di Olimpia”
  • Japanese: “オリンピアのゼウス像”
  • Javanese: “Patung Zeus ing Olympia”
  • Javanese: “Reca Zeus ing Olympia”
  • Kazakh: “Зевстің алтын мүсіні”
  • Kazakh: “Олимпиадағы Зевстің мүсіні”
  • Korean: “올림피아의 제우스상”
  • Kurdish: “Peykerê Zeus ê Olîmpiyayê”
  • Latin: “Simulacrum Iovis Olympii”
  • Latin: “Statua Iovis Olympici”
  • Latvian: “Zeva statuja Olimpijā”
  • Latvian: “Zeva statuja”
  • Lithuanian: “Dzeuso skulptūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Dzeuso statula olimpoje”
  • Lithuanian: “Olimpijos Dzeuso statula”
  • Macedonian: “Статуа на Зевс во Олимпија”
  • Malay: “Berhala Zeus di Olympia”
  • Malayalam: “Statue of Zeus at Olympia”
  • Malayalam: “ഒളിംപിയായിലെ സിയൂസ് പ്രതിമ”
  • Malayalam: “ഒളിമ്പിയായിലെ സിയൂസ് പ്രതിമ”
  • Marathi: “ऑलिंपियातील झ्यूसचा पुतळा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Olympia ê Zeus Siōng”
  • Mingrelian: “ზევსიშ ნაწახნაკა ოლიმპიას”
  • Mongolian: “Олимп дахь Зевсийн хөшөө”
  • Nepali: “ओलम्पियाको जिउजको मूर्ति”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zeusstatuen i Olympia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zevsstatuen i Olympia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zevsstatuen i Olympia”
  • Norwegian: “Zevsstatuen i Olympia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estatua criselefantina de Zeus olimpian”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਲੰਪੀਆ ਵਿਚ ਜ਼ਯੂਸ ਦੀ ਮੂਰਤੀ”
  • Persian: “تندیس زئوس در المپیا”
  • Persian: “تندیس زئوس”
  • Persian: “مجسمه زئوس در المپیا”
  • Persian: “مجسمه زئوس”
  • Polish: “Posąg Zeusa w Olimpii”
  • Polish: “Posąg Zeusa”
  • Polish: “Zeus Olimpijski”
  • Portuguese: “Estátua de Zeus em Olímpia”
  • Portuguese: “Estátua de Zeus”
  • Quechua: “Olimpyapi Zeus wank’a”
  • Romanian: “Statuia lui Zeus din Olympia”
  • Romanian: “Statuia lui Zeus”
  • Russian: “Зевс Олимпийский”
  • Russian: “Статуя Зевса в Олимпии”
  • Russian: “Статуя Зевса на Олимпе”
  • Russian: “статуя Зевса Олимпийского”
  • Serbian: “Статуа Зевса у Олимпији”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Statua Zeusa u Olimpiji”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zeusov kip u Olimpiji”
  • Sinhala: “ඔලිම්පියාවේ සියුස් ප්‍රතිමාව”
  • Slovak: “Diova socha v Olympii”
  • Slovenian: “Zevsov kip v Olimpiji”
  • Spanish: “Estatua de Zeus en Olimpia”
  • Spanish: “La estatua de Zeus en Olimpia”
  • Spanish: “Zeus en Olimpia”
  • Swahili: “Sanamu ya Zeus mjini Olympia”
  • Swedish: “Zeusstatyn i Olympia”
  • Tagalog: “Estatwa ni Zeus”
  • Tamil: “ஒலிம்பியாவின் சேயுஸ் சிலை”
  • Tamil: “ஒலிம்பியாவின் ஸேயுஸ் சிலை”
  • Tatar: “Olimpiädäge Zevs sını”
  • Telugu: “జీయాస్ విగ్రహం-ఒలింపియా”
  • Thai: “เทวรูปซูสที่โอลิมเปีย”
  • Thai: “เทวรูปซูสแห่งโอลิมเปีย”
  • Thai: “เทวรูปเทพเซอุส”
  • Turkish: “Olimpos’taki Zeus Heykeli”
  • Turkish: “Olympia’da Zeus Heykeli”
  • Turkish: “Zeus Heykeli”
  • Turkish: “Zeus’un heykeli”
  • Ukrainian: “Статуя Зевса в Олімпії”
  • Ukrainian: “Статуя Зевса на Олімпі”
  • Ukrainian: “статуя Зевса Олімпійського”
  • Urdu: “اولمپیا میں زیوس کا مجسمہ”
  • Uzbek: “Zevs haykali”
  • Vietnamese: “Tượng thần Dớt ở Olympia”
  • Vietnamese: “Tượng thần Zeus ở Olympia”
  • Vietnamese: “Tượng thần Zớt ở Olympia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Estatuwa ni Zeus ha Olympia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Statue of Zeus at Olympia”
  • Welsh: “Cerflun Zeus”
  • Western Panjabi: “زیوس دا بت”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥林匹亚宙斯神像”
  • Yue Chinese: “奧林匹亞宙斯神像”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pelopion and Altar Zeus.

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