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]] The Temple of Zeus at . It housed one of the Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World ; the monumental Statue Of Zeus by Phidias , which was added to the temple around 435 BC. The temple was destroyed by earthquake in the 5th century CE . The temple was built from , Naos and Opisthodomos . The Statue of Zeus was located towards the back of the naos. It was constructed in the Doric Order , with carved Metopes and Triglyph frieze, topped by Pediments filled with sculptures in the Severe Style now attributed to the Olympia Master and his studio. The east pediment, erroneously attributed to Paeonius by Pausanias, depicted the myth of the chariot race between Pelops and Oenomaus , with Zeus stood in the centre. The west pediment depicted a fight between the Centaurs and the Lapiths . Apollo stands in the centre, flanked by Peirithoos and Theseus . Pediments of the temple of Zeus, 470 - 456 BC at www.sikyon.com A sequence of twelve metopes - six over the pronaos and six over the opithodomos - showed the 12 labours of Herakles . Like the pediments, they were carved from Parian Marble . REFERENCES SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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