Temple of Zeus, Olympia

Temple of Zeus
Wilhelm Lübke's illustration of the temple as it might have looked in the fifth century BC
General information
Type	Greek temple
Architectural style	Ancient Greek architecture
Location	Olympia, Greece
Construction started	c. 472 BC
Completed	456 BC
Destroyed	AD 426 (sanctuary), AD 522, AD 551
Height	68 feet (20.7 m)
Technical details
Size	236 by 98 ft (72 by 30 m)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Libon
Other designers	Paeonius, Alcamenes

The Temple of Zeus at Olympia was an ancient Greek temple in Olympia, Greece, dedicated to the god Zeus. The temple, built in the second quarter of the fifth century BC, was the very model of the fully developed classical Greek temple of the Doric order.^[1]