Temple of Zeus - Metopes

In the Temple of Zeus the metopes above the pronaos and opisthodomos depict the twelve labors of Herakles. Particularly fine are the metopes of Atlas and Augeias; some of the others are heavily restored or are casts of the originals (which were carried off by the French Expédition de Morée and are now in the Louvre).

The naos of the temple, in the pronaos of which is a mosaic of the fourth or third century B.C., had two rows of columns and housed the cult image of Zeus (after 438 B.C.). This huge chryselephantine statue, which depicted Zeus sitting on a richly decorated throne, was counted among the seven wonders of the world.