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Creation Year
January 1960
Image ID
W.018
Alternate Identifier
B22.018
Subcollection
W: Attica, Crete, Santorini
Abstract
The immense Temple of Zeus Olympius situated southeast of the Acropolis. It is one of the most important monuments of the Hellenistic period, and of its massive dimensions, Trachtenberg writes: " … with columns 57 feet tall, [the temple] was set out over a ground plan extending 135 feet by 354 feet, dwarfing the Parthenon and rivaling the Doric temples of Sicily and the grand Ionic shrines" (103). -MA
References
Trachtenberg, Marvin, and Isabelle Hyman. "Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-modernism: The Western Tradition." New York: Prentice-Hall, H.N. Abrams, 1986.
Image Notes
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed August 1960. Formerly catalogued as B22.018. Notes written on the slide or index: Temple of Zeus.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Athens, Greece
Keywords
Full View, Marble, Columns, Temple, Temple of Zeus, Zeus, Roman Period, Second Century AD
Image Location
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