Subject
Olympieion (Athens, Greece)
Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens, Greece)
Zeus (Greek deity)
Temples, Greek--Greece
Ancient Greek religion
Athens (Greece)
Pisistratus, 605 B.C.?-528 B.C. or 527 B.C.
Description
This photograph depicts a detail view of the remaining columns of a megalithic temple dedicated to Zeus as the King of the Olympians. Located not far from the base of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, construction on this temple began in 520 BCE under the rule of the Pisistratid Tyranny. The massive project, however, would not be completed for another six centuries under the auspices of the Roman Emperor, Hadrian. The temple was mostly destroyed in 267 CE when Germanic invaders demolished cities of the Greek mainland.