The Temple of Olympian Zeus or Olympeion can refer to the following ancient Greek temples:
- Temple of the Olympian Zeus, Agrigento
- Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
Famous quotes containing the words temple of, temple, olympian and/or zeus:
“The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.”
—Milan Kundera (b. 1929)
“After Voltaire: envy is chained to the portico of the temple of glory and can neither enter nor leave.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The feelings that Beethoven put into his music were the feelings of a god. There was something olympian in his snarls and rages, and there was a touch of hellfire in his mirth.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“Zeus is the air, Zeus the earth, Zeus all things and what transcends them all.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)