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Metopes of Zeus temple
The metopes complete the opulent sculpted decoration of the Temple of Zeus, which centres round the spirit of competition and athleticism. Placed over the entrance of the pronaos and the opisthodomos, on the short sides of the temple, they depicted the Twelve Labours of Herakles, which were related to the founding of the Olympic games. The Nemean Lion, the Lernaean Hydra, the Stymphalian Birds, the Cretan Bull, the Kerynean Hind and the Girdle of the Amazon were depicted on the opisthodomos wall. The Erymanthian Boar, the Mares of Diomedes, the Cattle of Geryon, Atlas, Cerberus and the Cleansing of the Augean Stables were shown on the pronaos. This unique work of the Severe Style is attributed to the so-called 'creator of Olympia' and his workshop. Fragments of these metopes discovered during the 1829 excavations are on display in the Louvre.
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Olympia III, Berlin, 1894, σ. 144 κ. ε., 165-176, πίν. XXXV, ΧΧΧVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL, XLIII, XLV
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Λεονάρδος B., Ολυμπία, Αθήνα, 1911, 277-282
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Ashmole B., Yalouris N., Olympia. The Sculptures of the temple of Zeus, London, 1967, σ. 181-184, εικ. 143, 152, 153, 162, 172, 173, 174, 178, 179, 180, 198, 202
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Παπαχατζής Ν., Παυσανίου Ελλάδος περιήγησις: Μεσσηνιακά-Ηλιακά, Αθήνα, 1979, 250-256
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Mallwitz A., Herrmann H.V., Die Funde aus Olympia, Αθήνα, 1980, 173-179, Taf. 124-127
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Herrmann H.-V., Die Olympia Skulpturen, Αθήνα, 1987
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Γιαλούρη Α., Γιαλούρης Ν., Ολυμπία. Το μουσείο και το ιερό, Αθήνα, 1991, 130-143
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Καλτσάς Ν., Ολυμπία, Αθήνα, 1997, 80-83
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Ανδρόνικος Μ., Ολυμπία. Ο αρχαιολογικός χώρος και το μουσείο, Αθήνα, 2000, 62-63
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Αραπογιάννη Ξ., Ολυμπία. Η κοιτίδα των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων, Αθήνα, 2001, 120-137
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Τριάντη Ι., Βαλαβάνης Π., Ολυμπία και Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες. Τα μνημεία τώρα και τότε, Αθήνα, 2004, 94-96
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Βικάτου Ολυμπία, Ολυμπία. Ο Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος και τα Μουσεία της., Αθήνα, 2006, 94-101
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