About 435 BC, the Greek sculptor Phidias created the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, a huge sitting statue that was around 41 feet tall. It was placed in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Zeus, who reigns as monarch of the Gods of Mount Olympus, is the sky and thunder deity of classical Greek native religion. The statue was an ivory and gold chryselephantine sculpture mounted on a wooden base. Zeus occupied a painted cedarwood throne that was adorned with ebony, ivory, precious stones, and gold. It belo ... (Read More)