An Alternative Approach for Reading the Pediments and Metopes of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia

In the northwestern part of the Peloponnesian peninsula, one of the most important Panhellenic sanctuaries of Greece is located: the Sanctuary of Olympia. Formerly encircled by a large temenos, the Altis, in which Altar of Zeus and Pelopion, the cult of the hero Pelops, existed, this sacred area, in later periods, obtained many buildings activities which were crowned by the completion of the Temple of Zeus.[1]The construction process of the temple began in 470 BC[2]and completed in 456 BC[3]; built with the Doric order, it was the offering of Elis, a nearby city-state which defeated Pisa before deciding to build the temple. The only ancient source about the temple, Pausanias relates that the temple was paid of the spoils of the war, and its architect was Libon of Elis:

The Relationship Between the Kings and the Cities in the Hell​enistic Period

When Alexander the Great decided to take revenge from the Persians after he had inherited a kingdom from his father, Philip II, he was also giving a new direction to Greek history. From several different aspects, this new period differed from the Classical period of Greek history and it continued some the basic institutions of Greeks, and in this same period, these institutions prospered and expanded through the most parts of the known world.