Temple of Zeus
The Temple of Zeus was an ancient Greek temple in Olympia, Greece, 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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- 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”“Temple of Zeus, Olympia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olympia and Statue of Zeus at Olympia.
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
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Quatremère de Quincy, Public domain.
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Ruins
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ancient Olympia and Koskinas.
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Temple of Zeus
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Latitude
37.63793° or 37° 38′ 17″ north
Longitude
21.63031° or 21° 37′ 49″ east
Open location code
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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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