Buried Cities, Volume 2: Olympia




THE STATUE OF VICTORY.

In the sand, not far from the Temple of Zeus, the explorers found the fragments of this statue. It shows the goddess flying down from heaven to bring victory to the men of Messene and Naupaktos. So the victors must have erected this statue at Olympia in gratitude.

Something like the picture used as the frontispiece, men believe the statue looked originally. It stood upon a base thirty feet high so that the goddess really looked as if she were descending from heaven.







THE TEMPLE OF HERA.

This shows the ruins of the temple where Charmides saw the statue of Hermes, perhaps the most beautiful statue in the world.



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