{"id":25496,"date":"2021-09-25T22:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T19:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arthipo.com\/artblog\/?p=25496"},"modified":"2021-09-25T22:35:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T19:35:45","slug":"statue-of-zeus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arthipo.com\/artblog\/en\/history-of-art\/statue-of-zeus.html","title":{"rendered":"Statue of Zeus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Statue of Zeus at Olympia<\/h2>\n

The Statue of Zeus is considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It was carved by the famous sculptor Phidias around 400-450 BC in Olympia, Greece. It represented the greatness and veneration of the god Zeus, the king of all Greek gods.<\/p>\n

Where is the Statue of Zeus, in which country, how did it perish?<\/h3>\n

The Statue was located in the temple of Olympia on the Greek Peloponnese Peninsula, near the west coast of southern Greece’s Peloponnese, near a point where the rivers Alpheus (Alfios) and Cladeus (Cladios) meet. The archaeological site of Olympia is of extraordinary cultural importance. It was designated as a UNESCO<\/a> World Heritage site in 1989.<\/p>\n

Olympia, near the town of Elis, was not a city and had no inhabitants except the priests who tended the temple. Instead, Olympia was a sanctuary, a place where members of warring Greek factions could come and take shelter. It was a place where they worshiped. It was also the site of the ancient Olympic Games. It was removed to Constantinople, then the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, in 395 AD, where the statue and the temple or palace it was housed in were destroyed during an earthquake or fire in the 5th or more likely 6th century. As recorded in the works of historians Zonaras and Kedron, an alternative theory is that the statue was destroyed in a fire in 475 AD. Some parts of the Statue of Zeus, an important work of Hellenistic art, are exhibited in the Louvre Museum.<\/p>\n

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Where is the Statue of Zeus, in which country, how did it perish? What Civilization Does Belong to, Why Was It Made? Structural Features of Zeus Statue<\/p><\/div>\n

What Civilization Does the Statue of Zeus Belong to, Why Was It Made?<\/h3>\n

The statue was made for Zeus, the chief god of the Greeks. It is an important work of Hellenistic sculpture art<\/a>. Zeus was the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus. In Greek mythology, he was the bringer of thunder and lightning, rain and winds. He was the protector of cities, homes, foreigners and their worshipers. While statues of Zeus were found in the forecourts of houses in Greece, the temples on top of the mountain attracted pilgrims. The Statue of Zeus, located in a sacred grove between two rivers at Olympia, was the most revered object of Zeus’ worship. For centuries, the Statue of Zeus was meticulously cared for, but in AD 393, the Christian Emperor Theodosius I banned the Olympic Games. Three monarchs later, in the early fifth century AD, Emperor II. Theodosius ordered the Statue of Zeus to be destroyed. In fact, the conditions of eventual extinction are a source of debate; One theory suggests it was destroyed by a falling meteor. Others claim that it disappeared along with the temple in the fifth century BC. Still, others believe that he was taken to Constantinople because it was destroyed in the great fire of the Palace of Lauseion.<\/p>\n

Structural Features of Zeus Statue<\/h3>\n

Statue of Zeus at Olympia spanned the entire width of the temple corridor built to house it. Zeus wore a robe and jewels made of gold. He held a glowing staff in his left hand, and above him was an eagle, ready to take off at any moment and do the god’s command. In his left hand was a statue of Nike, the goddess of victory. It represented a god seated on an elaborate cedar wood throne 12 meters (40 feet) high, decorated with ebony, ivory, gold, and precious stones.<\/p>\n

The Greek philosopher Plutarch wrote in his Life of the Roman General Aemilius Paulus that the victorious general “was transported to his soul as if he had seen God himself” when he saw the statue, while the Greek rhetorician and philosopher Dio Chrysostom wrote that a single glance at the statue would make one forget his earthly troubles.<\/p>\n

Although the statue itself has been lost, in 1958 an excavation discovered the workshop used to make the statue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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