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File:Statue of Zeus.jpg

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Artistic representation of the Statue of Zeus in Olympia, but it is inaccurate in many details: according to Pausanias (V, 11, 1f), Zeus carried a statuette of Victory in his right hand and a sceptre with a bird sitting on it in the left hand.Four victoriess stood at each foot of the throne and two at the base of each foot.
Česky: Socha Dia na Olympii, kterou Feidiás zhotovil z desátku kořisti uloupené Peršanům. Rekonstrukci sochy vyryl Philippe Galle v roce 1572, podle kresby Maartena van Heemskerckeho.
Date 1572
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