Built in the Doric style, it was very similar to the Parthenon in Athens, with its white stone columns ... (gold and ivory) statue of Zeus from Olympia. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient ...

Zeus was worshiped throughout the Greek world, the most important sites being at Athens, Acragas, and Olympia. At Olympia, the temple to Zeus contained a thirty-foot gold and marble statue of the ...