Temple of Zeus, Olympia

Temple of Zeus
Wilhelm Lübke's illustration of the temple as it might have looked in the fifth century BC
Map
General information
TypeGreek temple
Architectural styleAncient Greek architecture
LocationOlympia, Greece
Construction startedc. 472 BC
Completed456 BC
DestroyedAD 426 (sanctuary), AD 522, AD 551
Height68 feet (20.7 m)
Technical details
Size236 by 98 ft (72 by 30 m)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Libon
Other designersPaeonius, Alcamenes

The Temple of Zeus at Olympia 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.[1]

  1. ^ by Temple of Zeus at Archaeopaedia, Stanford University