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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Describes the architectural achievements of the ancient world known as the Seven Wonders of the World: the Pyramids at Giza, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, and the Colossus of Rhodes.Describes the Pyramids at Giza, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus



Statue of Zeus at Olympia - The Statue of Zeus at Olympia carved by the famed Classical sculptor Phidias (5th century BC) circa 435 BC, in present day Greece, is traditionally one of the Seven Wonders of the World. In AD 394, after over 800 years at Olympia, it was taken to Constantinople (modern Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

Panaenus - Panaenus, brother of Pheidias, a Greek painter who worked in conjunction with Polygnotus and Micon at Athens. He also painted the marble sides of the throne of the statue of Zeus erected by his brother at Olympia.

Chryselephantine - ... ” and elephantinos, “ivory”), the architectural term given to statues which were built up on a wooden core, with ivory representing the flesh and gold the drapery. The two most well known examples are those scuplted by Pheidias of the statue of Athena (known as the "Athena Polias", where Athena is depicted in a warrior-like fashion and driving a war chariot) in the Parthenon and of Zeus in the temple at Olympia.

List of virgin births - *Athena's origins in some versions of the legend involved sexual relations between Zeus and the titaness Metis, so hers would not be a virgin birth. However, the actual birth process was unusual: "Hephaestus; (or Prometheus) subsequently split open [Zeus's] head with a hatchet, and Athena sprang forth fully armed, uttering a loud shout of victory (Hesiod, Theogony, 886; Pindar, Olympia, 35).



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