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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 belonged to the list of the seven ancient world wonders. There are contradictory reports of the date and circumstances of the loss of statue and destruction before the end of the fifth century AD. Only accounts and depictions of it on ancient Greek coins provide information about its form. In the latter half of the fifth century BC, the Eleans, guardians of the Olympic Games, commissioned the statue of Zeus for their recently built Temple of Zeus. The Eleans hired sculptor Phidias, who had previously created the enormous statue of Athena Parthenos at the Parthenon, in an effort to surpass their rival Athenian society. The statue took up half of the aisle in the temple that was created to hold it. The sculpture of Zeus was chryselephantine, or composed of ivory and gold panels above a wooden framework. Although there are recognisable but only roughly accurate copies on coins from the adjacent city of Elis, on Roman coins, and on engraved jewels is there. No replica in marble or bronze has survived. The figure wore a gilded glass robe decorated with carved animals and lilies and was capped with a wreath of olive sprays. Its left hand held a sceptre inlaid with numerous metals, supporting an eagle, while its right hand held a tiny chryselephantine statue of the crowned Nike, Goddess of Triumph. The throne was embellished with gold, precious stones, ebony, and ivory and had painted figures and wrought images. The golden sandals of Zeus were propped up on a footstool that was relief-carved with an Amazonomachy. Painted screens blocked the entrance beneath the throne.

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