Temple of Zeus

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Temple of Zeus

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympieion, is a temple in Athens. Although work began in the 6th century BC, it was not completed until the reign of the Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD. In the Hellenistic and Roman periods it was the largest temple in Greece.