temple of Zeus at Olympia

Olympic Games founded

776 BC

sanctuary at Olympia

altis

height of alter + who could go up there

7m - only men - private audience with zeus

why alter so tall

hecatombs - burned bits of animal make up alter

alter importance

there 200y prior to the temple

date of temple

476 - 456 bc

architect

libon

size of temple

64.1m l

27.7m w

why temple there

12 labours - augean stables

god of justice - pelops and oinomaus

mateial of temple

limestone

where is the cult statue

naos

how tall is the cult statue

13m

who is the architecht of the cult statue

phidias

what is the cult statue made of

gold and ivory

when was the cult statue added

448

what was placed infront of the statue

oil which would reflect the light and preserve the ivory

cult statue description

garland on head

holding nike in tight hand

holding sceptre in left hand

sitting down

what were depicted on metopes

12 labours - Heracles set up temple

where were the metopes

west and east

metopes objectives

-recognizable

-filled space

-realistic

east pediment

oinomaus, pilops, hippodemia, myrtilos - chariot race

west pediment

battle between centaurs and lapiths - centaurs invited to lapith wedding but got drunk and tried to steal all the women - battle - lapuths win