After watching the exciting Olympic Games, I had to stop by the temple of Zeus in the city of Olympia, a great architectural piece that took thirteen years to build and centuries of renovation. The temple, as the name might suggest, was built in dedication to the Greek supreme god Zeus. Its unusually tall columns made it one of the largest architectures of the ancient world. Being in the area, I simply had to check out one of the ancient world wonders, the temple of Zeus. The statue of mighty Zeus was just over twelve meters, approximately forty feet tall. The fine details of the work, height and the material used to build the statue rightfully earned it its spot among the seven ancient world wonders. As I walked in the temple, I noticed a bunch of merchants and vendors outside selling their goods to the onlookers and the people paying their respect to Zeus. Inside the temple there was a good amount of people surrounding the temple, surprisingly the temple was pretty quiet given the number of people in the temple. I couldn’t help but admire the beauty of the statue, it showed Zeus seated on a majestic cedar wood throne embellished with ebony, ivory, gold, and valuable stones. The throne was tall and gold-plated. A statue of Nike (Victory) was in his extended right hand, and Zeus was holding a rod with an eagle n his left hand. The statue, whose construction took eight years, was praised for the majesty and goodness of God that it embodied. I paid my respect to Zeus to not offend any of the locals and left the temple of Zeus. The Olympic Games had just finished and the winners of the events were coming into the temple to celebrate their victory and pray to Zeus.
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