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c. 800 BCE
The oracle of Zeus is established at Dodona.
776 BCE
First athletic games in honour of Zeus are held at Olympia with one event, the stadion foot race.
c. 700 BCE
Greek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
573 BCE
First athletic games at Nemea in honour of Zeus.
c. 480 BCE
The huge temple of Zeus is built at Agrigento.
c. 460 BCE - 457 BCE
Temple of Zeus is built at Olympia with a statue of Apollo dominating the west pediment and containing the cult statue of Zeus by Phidias.
c. 460 BCE
The bronze Poseidon or Zeus statue (of Cape Artemesium) is sculpted.
c. 430 BCE
The cult statue of Zeus by Phidias is dedicated in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
c. 330 BCE
Temple of Zeus built at Nemea.