Located near the Acropolis and the Benaki Museum, the Temple of Olympian Zeus is a tall and impressive marble structure that dates back to the 6th century B.C. The site has a long and storied history, ...

History: In about 450 B.C., the city of Olympia -- where the first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. -- built a temple to honor the god Zeus. Many considered the Doric-style temple too simple, so a ...

This is a restored, miniature, cast reproduction of a group of figures, H and I, from the West pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, identified as the Lapith Deidameia and the Centaur Eurytion.

The American Art Review, Vol. 1, No. 6 (Apr., 1880), pp. 243-248 (6 pages) This item is openly available as part of an Open JSTOR Collection. For terms of use, please ...

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At the 2,700-year-old birthplace of the Olympics — where Nike was a revered goddess, not a shoe — I push off the stadium’s original starting block and thrillingly run in ancient footsteps of naked ...