Pediments of the temple of Zeus in Olympia

Quotations on the pediments of the temple of Zeus at Olympia.

Quote on the pediments of temple of Zeus in Olympia:

Sculptures of the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Olympia Archaeological Museum.

• Apollo depicted in the western pediment The artist of the temple of Zeus at Olympia depicted his simultaneously powerful and spiritual superiority in the way grander and more realistic. In the midst of the wildest tumult, the god suddenly appears, and his outstretched arm imposes calm. It is impossible to bring to expression in a more compelling way the entrance of the divine with all its illuminating clarity and his omniscient gaze. (Walter Friedrich Otto)

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