"The pedimental statues (which faced toward the starting point of all Olympic chariot races) are, in fact, posed like actors on a stage - Zeus in the center, Oinomaos and his wife on one side, Pelops and Hippodameia on the other, and their...
Central figure on the west pediment. "The discovery of the pedimental sculptures of the temple of Zeus in 1876/77 was one of the greatest moments of the excavation. They were found in specific positions in front of both ends of the temple, a...