GREECE PELOPONNESE ELEIA OLYMPIA SANCTUARY

Above: Crepidoma of the temple of Zeus. It has been noted that there is no evidence of "optical corrections" like on the Parthenon. To the contrary I find a clear evidence of a curvature of the stylobate on the longer North side (above left) and on the shorter West side (above right).

Below: Originally, the temple had 6 columns at either end and 13 at the sides. They were made of shell-limestone and were then covered with fine white stucco to give the appearance of marble. One of the columns was carefully reconstructed, but drums of the old columns lie as they were thrown by the earthquake of the 6th century AD, especially on the South side.