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Phidias (also Pheidias) was, according to his contemporaries, the most renowned of all Greek sculptors. His greatest masterpieces were completed between c. 465 and 425 BCE. Unfortunately, except through copies, no example of his work has...

The statue in the Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg which imitates the now lost statue of Zeus at Olympia (dedicated c. 430 BCE), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Krypte, which was the official entrance to the stadium of Olympia (200 BCE).

The starting line of the stadium in Olympia (4th century BCE). Athletes had to place their toes in the front grooves on the block.

Stone bases of the Zanes of Olympia. These statues of Zeus were funded from fines from offending athletes in the Games. (4th century BCE).

A silver tetradrachm from the reign of Alexander the Great (336-323 BCE) showing the statue of Zeus at Olympia (dedicated c. 430 BCE). (Corfu Bank Museum, Corfu)

The stadium of Olympia (present form: 5th century BCE) with the starting line. The capacity at its maximum was 45,000.

Remains of the Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece.

A portrait of Olympia Fulvia Morata (l. 1526-1555, also given as Olimpia), the Italian scholar, poet, and writer who sought to advance the Protestant Reformation in Italy.

Olympia Fulvia Morata, engraving from 1734. Leipzig University Library.