Ancient Olympia (71 Subjects)
Fig. 1. Plan of the Temple of Zeus in ancient Olympia, Greece. Fig. 2. Plan of the Temple of Temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae, Greece.
Boustrophedon inscription, recorded by William Gell, from the throne of a statue at the Sacred Way of Didyma, the road leading from the Temple of Apollo to the sea. Inscription from a helmet at Olympia, votive offering of the city of Syracuse. William Leake cites the latter inscription to show how in Doric inscripions vowel crasis is employed so that inscriptions can end in dactylic hexameter.
Statue of Aphrodite of Milos (Louvre Museum).Statue of Nike by Paeonius (Museum of ancient Olympia).
Imaginary reconstruction of the interior of the temple of Zeus in Olympia, with Phidias's gold and ivory sculpture.
Topographical map of the archaeological site of ancient Olympia, with plans of the temple of Zeus and the workshop of Pheidias.
Remains of the Greek baths, the thermae of Kladeos river and the Roman guesthouses at ancient Olympia.
Remains of the Greek baths, the thermae of Kladeos river and the Roman guesthouses at ancient Olympia.
Plan of the early Christian basilica built on the site of Pheidias's workshop at ancient Olympia. Architectural features and reconstruction of parts of the structure.
Plan of part of the pronaos, Temple of Zeus, ancient Olympia. Reconstruction of the Hellenistic tritons mosaic of the pronaos.
Reconstruction of the entrance to the pronaos of the temple of Zeus at ancient Olympia. The metopes show the Labours of Heracles.
Reconstruction of the cella of the temple of Zeus at ancient Olympia, with the gold and ivory statue of Zeus.
Temple of Zeus at ancient Olympia. Top: Reconstruction and lateral section. Bottom: Lateral section of the ruins of the temple (1829).
Temple of Zeus at ancient Olympia. Top: Reconstruction of the northern and southern parts of the temple. Bottom: Lateral section of the remains of the northern and southern parts of the temple.