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The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about tall,〔(Phidias ) from (encyclopædiabritannica.com ). Retrieved 3 September 2014〕 made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. A sculpture of ivory plates and gold panels over a wooden framework, it represented the god Zeus sitting on an elaborate cedar wood throne ornamented with ebony, ivory, gold and precious stones. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,〔(Statue of Zeus ) from (encyclopædiabritannica.com ). Retrieved 22 November 2006〕 it was lost and destroyed during the 5th century AD with no copy ever being found, and details of its form are known only from ancient Greek descriptions and representations on coins. ==Description== The great seated statue as fashioned by Phidias occupied half the width of the aisle of the temple built to house it. "It seems that if Zeus were to stand up," the geographer Strabo noted early in the 1st century BC, "he would unroof the temple."〔Alaa K. Ashmawy. The Seven Wonders: The Statue of Zeus at Olympia]." Retrieved on 2 December 2001.〕 The ''Zeus'' was a chryselephantine sculpture, made with ivory and gold panels on a wooden substructure. No copy in marble or bronze has survived, though there are recognizable but only approximate versions on coins of nearby Elis and on Roman coins and engraved gems.〔Gisela M. A. Richter, "The Pheidian Zeus at Olympia" ''Hesperia'' 35 .2 (April–June 1966:166-170) pp. 166f, 170. Details of the sculpture in this article are corroborated in the Richter article.〕 In the 2nd century AD, the geographer and traveler Pausanias gave a detailed description. The statue was crowned with a sculpted wreath of olive sprays. It had gold sandals, and a golden robe carved with animals and lilies. In its right hand was a small chryselephantine statue of crowned Nike, goddess of victory. Its left hand held a sceptre inlaid with many metals, supporting an eagle. The throne was decorated in gold, precious stones, ebony, and ivory.〔Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' 5.11.1-.10). Pausanias was told that the paintings on the throne were by the brother of Phidias, Panaenus.〕 According to the Roman historian Livy, the Roman general Aemilius Paulus (the victor over Macedon) saw the statue and “was moved to his soul, as if he had seen the god in person,”〔Livy, ''Ab Urbe Condita'', XLV. 28, 5.: ''“Iovem velut praesentem intuens motus animo est.”''〕 while the 1st century AD Greek orator Dio Chrysostom declared that a single glimpse of the statue would make a man forget all his earthly troubles.〔(Or. 12.51 )〕 According to a legend, when Phidias was asked what inspired him—whether he climbed Mount Olympus to see Zeus, or whether Zeus came down from Olympus so that Phidias could see him—the artist answered that he portrayed Zeus according to Book One, verses 528 – 530 of Homer's ''Iliad'': :: ''ἦ καὶ κυανέῃσιν ἐπ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσε Κρονίων'' :: ''ἀμβρόσιαι δ' ἄρα χαῖται ἐπερρώσαντο ἄνακτος'' :: ''κρατὸς ἀπ' ἀθανάτοιο μέγαν δ' ἐλέλιξεν Ὄλυμπον.'' :: ''He spoke, the son of Cronos, and nodded his head with the dark brows,'' :: ''and the immortally anointed hair of the great god'' :: ''swept from his divine head, and all Olympos was shaken.''〔(Iliad, I, 528-530 )〕 The sculptor also was reputed to have immortalised his eromenos, Pantarkes, by carving "Pantarkes kalos" into the god's little finger, and placing a relief of the boy crowning himself at the feet of the statue.〔John Grimes Younger, ''Sex in the Ancient World from A to Z'', p. 95. Routledge; Abingdon and New York, 2005.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Statue of Zeus at Olympia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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