The work of creating the most famous in Greece and one of the seven wonders of the world, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia has a great influence on all who saw.

Pausanias, a Greek traveler who wrote the first travel guide to ancient Greece in 150 AD, says the big statue in detail, but he also writes that the reports are much less made of the idea in view of the picture. Links to the Greeks, the statue of Zeus was the personification of God, and who see a chance to get it applied only once as an unfortunate it.

The ECB on the gods of his glorious throne, dignity and the summit of Mount Olympus, Zeus was able to see everything, consider rewarding the behavior, punished evil, and decided to all. He was the broadcaster of lightning and thunder, rain and storm, and his weapon was a thunderbolt. He was regarded as a champion of cities, housing, and unknown authors.

In this temple, the last and highest form of God seated on a throne carved cedar wood with care sites of legendary gods and heroes gold miners, ebony and precious stones. In his left hand a scepter of Zeus was an alloy of metals unusually bright, with the crowned head of an eagle, it turned its dominion over the earth. Main are absolutely right, has undergone a complete picture of Nike, the goddess of victory, and instead of the bank under the feet of two golden lions remarkable.

Office Olympics
Zeus controlled the Olympics, a great Panhellenic festival held once in four years. In a sacred truce, trying to athletes from cities in Greece ended with a trip to Olympia to win competitions and festivals of strength, endurance and agility.

Fate of the statue of Zeus
At its peak in about 5th century BC started the Olympics drawing volume of about 40,000 Greek world: Athens, Sparta, Syracuse, Rhodes and many other cities. The statue of Zeus at games up to the year AD 393rd Then came near the Roman Emperor Theodosius I because of their pagan relations. The fate of the figure is not known. Theodosius II is preparing to destroy the temple in 426 AD and the figure may have rusted or have been in Constantinople, the great fire, proposes that the city surrounded by 475 AD