HISTORY OF GREEK ARCHITECTURE

TEMPLE OF ZEUS OLYMPIOS No.2

• View from south-east. There is Acroporis of Athens beyond the left flame.

• Colinthian column. About 17m height and about 1.9m diameter.
• The only one Greek temple which has Colinthian order totally.
• The end of Helenistic Age, Greek had no power to build new temples in main land. The Olympieion was the last temple in that period.

Photo: TAKAHIRO TAJI

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