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Statues of Zeus (Zanes)

The Zanes were bronze statues of Zeus at ancient . The name Zanes was the plural of Zeus in the local dialect. These statues were dedicated to Zeus and they were erected with the money from fines imposed by the judges on those athletes who disrespected and/or violated the rules of the Olympic Games.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: bronze statues of Zeus as penalty for Olympic cheating
  • Also known as: “Zanes”, “Zanes (Olympic)”, “Zanes of Olympia”, and “Zeus statue”

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
Photo: Quatremère de Quincy, Public domain.
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 there. is situated 130 metres southwest of Statues of Zeus (Zanes).

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. is situated 130 metres southwest of Statues of Zeus (Zanes).

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 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 .

Statues of Zeus (Zanes)

Latitude
37.63886° or 37° 38′ 20″ north
Longitude
21.63126° or 21° 37′ 53″ east
Open location code
8G93JJQJ+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146770983
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­pedestal
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q146787
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Spanish—“Statues of Zeus (Zanes)” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Zanes”
  • French: “Zanes d’Olympie”
  • French: “Zanes”
  • German: “Statuen des Zeus (Zanes)”
  • German: “Zanes”
  • Greek: “Αγάλματα Διός (Ζάνες)”
  • Greek: “Ζάνες”
  • Italian: “Statue di Zeus”
  • Russian: “постаменты для статуй Зевса”
  • Spanish: “zanes”
  • Spanish: “Zanes”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Θησαυρός Ι and Θησαυρός Η.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Statues of Zeus (Zanes)”. Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.