Built by the sculptor Phidias twenty years after the temple ... each people went to the temple of Zeus in Olympia, considered to be the beating heart of Greek mythology (hence the term Olympian ...

Constructed by the Greek sculptor Phidias, a 13m high gold and ivory statue of the Greek god Zeus would have dazzled visitors to the Temple of Zeus in Olympia. Arrichion was put in a choke hold ...

The charming village of Olympia in mainland Greece is the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games and is often overlooked by ...