Temple of Olympian Zeus

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, olympian and/or zeus:

    One sorry fret,
    An anvill Sparke, rose higher,
    And in thy Temple falling, almost set
    The house on fire.
    Such fireballs dropping in the Temple Flame
    Burns up the building: Lord, forbid the same.
    Edward Taylor (1645–1729)

    GOETHE, raised o’er joy and strife,
    Drew the firm lines of Fate and Life,
    And brought Olympian wisdom down
    To court and mar, to gown and town,
    Stooping, his finger wrote in clay
    The open secret of to-day.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    The squabbles of philandering Zeus and shrewish Hera are the Greeks’ comment on married life.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)