Temple of Zeus

The Temple of Zeus 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.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: ancient Greek temple in Olympia, Greece, dedicated to the Greek god Zeus, built in the second quarter of the 5th century BC in the Doric order
  • Also known as: “Temple of Zeus in Olympia” and “Temple of Zeus, Olympia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olympia and Statue of Zeus at Olympia.

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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.

Work of art
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The 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 Temple of Zeus there.

Ruins
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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 Temple of Zeus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ancient Olympia and Koskinas.

Town
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Olympia, officially Archaia Olympia, is a small town in 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
Ancient or , sometimes distinguished in Greek as Archaía Písa Ileías, is a modern village located 2.15 kilometers of on the northwest corner of the in southern .

Temple of Zeus

Latitude
37.63793° or 37° 38′ 17″ north
Longitude
21.63031° or 21° 37′ 49″ east
Open location code
8G93JJQJ+54
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146770889
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Wiki­data ID
Q197019
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Temple of Zeus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد زيوس، أوليمبيا”
  • Arabic: “معبد زيوس”
  • Armenian: “Զևսի տաճար”
  • Basque: “Zeus olinpikoaren tenplua (Olinpia)”
  • Basque: “Zeus olinpikoaren tenplua”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм на Зевс в Олимпия”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм на Зевс”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Zeus Olímpic”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Zeus”
  • Chinese: “奧林匹亞宙斯神廟”
  • Czech: “Diův chrám v Olympii”
  • Czech: “Diův chrám”
  • Danish: “Zeustemplet”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Zeus”
  • Dutch: “Zeustempel in Olympia”
  • Esperanto: “Zeŭsa templo en Olimpio”
  • Finnish: “Zeuksen temppeli Olympiassa”
  • Finnish: “Zeuksen temppeli”
  • French: “temple de Zeus à Olympie”
  • French: “Temple de Zeus à Olympie”
  • French: “Temple de Zeus”
  • Galician: “Templo de Zeus Olímpico”
  • Georgian: “ზევსის ტაძარი ოლიმპიაში”
  • German: “Tempel des Zeus”
  • German: “Zeustempel”
  • Greek: “Ναός Δία, Αρχαία Ολυμπία”
  • Greek: “Ναός Διός”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Δία στην Ολυμπία”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש זאוס באולימפיה”
  • Hindi: “ओलम्पिया में जियस की मंदिर”
  • Hungarian: “Zeusz temploma Olümpia hegyén”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Zeus, Olimpia”
  • Italian: “santuario di Zeus di Olimpia”
  • Italian: “tempio di Zeus di Olimpia”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Zeus”
  • Japanese: “オリンピアのゼウス神殿”
  • Japanese: “ゼウス神殿”
  • Korean: “제우스 신전”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zevstempelet”
  • Norwegian: “Zevstempelet i Olympia”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Zeusa Olimpijskiego w Olimpii”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Zeusa w Olimpii”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Zeus”
  • Russian: “Храм Зевса в Олимпии”
  • Russian: “храм Зевса”
  • Serbian: “Зевсов храм у Олимпији”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zeusov hram”
  • Sinhala: “සියුස් දේවස්ථානය”
  • Slovenian: “Zevsov tempelj, Olimpija”
  • Slovenian: “Zevsov tempelj”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Zeus Olimpico”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Zeus Olímpico”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Zeus”
  • Turkish: “Zeus Tapınağı (Olympia)”
  • Turkish: “Zeus Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Зевса в Олімпії”

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