File:Statue of Zeus.jpg

File
File usage
The best way to learn

This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.

Summary

Description

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

Source

Please, put da source here

Author



Alternative names	Marten van Heemskerck, Martinus van Heemskerck, Maarten van Heemskerk, Maertÿnus van Heemskerck
Description	Dutch painter and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	1498	1 October 1574
Location of birth/death	Heemskerk	Haarlem
Work location	Delft, Haarlem (1527–1532), Rome (1532–1536), Mantua (1536–1537), Haarlem (1537–1574), Amsterdam (1572–1573)
Authority control	WorldCat

Licensing

	This work is in the public domain* in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less.*
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

File usage

The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The best way to learn

SOS Children has brought Wikipedia to the classroom. SOS Children is famous for the love and shelter it brings to lone children, but we also support families in the areas around our Children's Villages, helping those who need us the most. Try to find out how you can help children in other countries on our web site.