七大奇迹之一宙斯神像.doc

Statue of Zeus at Olympia 钟逸倩 The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was made by the Greek sculptor  HYPERLINK /wiki/Phidias \o Phidias Phidias, circa（大约）432 BC on the site where it was erected in the  HYPERLINK /wiki/Temple_of_Zeus \o Temple of Zeus Temple of Zeus,  HYPERLINK /wiki/Olympia,_Greece \o Olympia, Greece Olympia, Greece. It was one of the  HYPERLINK /wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World \o Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Description： The seated statue, some 12 meters (39?feet) tall, occupied the whole width of the aisle（通道）of the temple built to house it. It seems that if  HYPERLINK /wiki/Zeus \o Zeus Zeus were to stand up, the geographer  HYPERLINK /wiki/Strabo \o Strabo Strabo noted early in the first century BC, he would unroof（除去屋顶）the temple. The Zeus was a  HYPERLINK /wiki/Chryselephantine_sculpture \o Chryselephantine sculpture chryselephantine sculpture（?用金和象牙做成的雕塑）, made of ivory and gold-plated bronze. No copy in marble（大理石）or bronze（青铜）has survived, though there are recognizable but approximate versions on coins of nearby  HYPERLINK /wiki/Elis \o Elis Elis and on Roman coins and  HYPERLINK /wiki/Engraved_gem \o Engraved gem engraved gems. A very detailed description of the sculpture and its throne（宝座）was recorded by the traveler  HYPERLINK /wiki/Pausanias_(geographer) \o Pausanias (geographer) Pausanias, in the second century AD. The sculpture was wreathed with shoots of  HYPERLINK /wiki/Olive \o Olive olive worked in gold and seated on a magnificent throne of cedarwood(杉木), inlaid with  HYPERLINK /wiki/Ivory \o Ivory ivory,  HYPERLINK /wiki/Gold \o Gold gold,  HYPERLINK /wiki/Ebony \o Ebony ebony（乌木）and precious stones. In Zeus right hand there was a small statue of crowned  HYPERLINK /wiki/Nike_(mythology) \o Nike (mythology) Nike（胜利女神）, goddess of victory, also chryselephantine, and in his left hand, a sceptr