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    Photo of Herakles
  • Plaster cast: Height: 1.63m.
  • Copy of a marble metope (east 10).
    The metope:
  • is from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
  • was made about 460 BC.
  • was found at Olympia and is now in Olympia Museum.


Look at casts from the Temple of Zeus
More about the Temple of Zeus | metopes
Look at casts showing Athena | Herakles


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Original artwork by Claire Murphy