Here it is! The LAST DAY of the 2014 A to Z Blogging Challenge!
We made it!! Please, gives yourselves a hand.
YOU ROCK!
ZEUS, in Greek Mythology is the God of the Sky and Thunder; the ruler of the twelve deities residing on Mount Olympus. (The Romans called him Jupiter).
It is located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia.
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The largest Temple of Zeus was built at Ancient Olympia:
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It was ordered destroyed by emperor Theodosius II in 426 AD. Subsequent earthquakes devastated the ruins and they were partially buried. Excavations began in 1875 and are still ongoing.
It took archaeologists eight years to reconstruct one pillar.
Also, long gone is the famous statue of Zeus (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) that was inside this temple. It was approximately 13 m (43 ft) high and was made by the sculptor Phidias in his workshop on the site at Olympia. He took about twelve years to complete it. A painting of it hangs in the Olympia Museum:
Another temple, known as the “Temple of Olympian Zeus” was completed at Athens in the 2nd century AD, but pillaged by Barbarians a century later. It was right across the street from our hotel and we had a great rooftop view. Sadly, there’s not much left!
Are you interested in Greek Mythology?
Looking forward to your comments!
As this challenge ends, I want to thank you all for taking the time to visit, follow and comment on The Den. Thanks especially for your patience with the complications, (hopefully better now)!
It’s been a great pleasure, meeting so many talented writers and reading your interesting and informative articles. I fully intend to keep up with many of you and look forward to future interactions.
Best Regards,
Thank you friends for sharing my #AtoZChallenge posts! ♥ pic.twitter.com/EjFAHjxHkq — Debbie D. 🇨🇦🇩🇪 (@DebbieDoglady) April 23, 2014
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Dog Mom and (retired) Canine Innkeeper in suburban Toronto, Canada, known as The Doglady. Former corporate workaholic. Writer, photographer, digital creator. Animal lover, music fanatic, inveterate traveller. Eternal hippie/rockchick. History, literature and cinema buff. Hockey and soccer fan. Dedicated night owl. German/Canadian binational, multilingual. Let me entertain you!
34 thoughts on “#AtoZChallenge: “Z” is for ZEUS”
It’s a shame the statue was destroyed I would have loved to have seen that! Still the fact that temples were built in his honour for sure shows the dedication they had for him. Ps love the song !
Yes, I too would have loved to see the statue of Zeuss. ‘Thunderstruck’ is the perfect song choice for the God of Thunder! 🙂
Historical tours make me a bit emotional…these ruins seems like trying to tell us a story… don’t they? It was really nice you took us along with you to different places during A-Z journey…I enjoyed it… Congratulations on the completion of the challenge…
Yes, I feel the history of these places too, getting lost in the past and envisioning how things were back then. Glad you enjoyed the series and congratulations to you as well. Cheers! 🙂
Hey Debbie, congrats on finishing the A-Z! Whew, we did it! What a cool experience. I feel like I have to keep posting and coming up with decent posts. The momentum this challenge created was great but there’s no way I can post every day, I don’t think. Nor do I think I can come up with interesting things to say every day without some kind of prompt. So what’s our next challenge?? It was great getting to know you and I’ve enjoyed reading about your travels and hearing all your stories! And I’m glad to have found The Den! 🙂 Happy posting…
I’m glad we connected too, Michele. 🙂 This challenge was pretty gruelling and I can’t imagine blogging on a daily basis either. My strategy for next time will be shorter, less complicated (in terms of formatting) posts. LOL I’m taking things easy at the moment and not thinking about new challenges. Plus, it’s spring and there’s a ton of yardwork to do. Cheers!
I love reading about Greek Mythology. This sounds like an interesting place to visit.
Greece is chock full of ancient wonders and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in history. Cheers! 🙂
I like Greek Mythology. I enjoy their stories. Congrats for completing the challenge. Cheers to us!
Cheers indeed and I’m glad you enjoyed the posts. 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
Zeus. What a trouser snake. That’s why he had many children with different women.
Yup; Zeus was a dirty old man, underneath it all! 😀 Thanks for visiting Joyce and congratulations on completing the challenge.
Congratulations on making it all the way through A to Z – I’ve really enjoyed reading your posts, and am now ready more than ever to travel the world! 🙂
Thanks Laurel and congrats to you also! 🙂 I enjoyed your alphabetical Zentangles and wish you much success in that pursuit.
Hi Debbie,
A fitting tribute to the A to Z Blogging Challenge this year.It was my first at this challenge and I enjoyed it thoroughly.Lovely post and hoping to keep in touch.
Best Wishes.Shail
It was my first attempt as well and I hope to be better organized, next time. Thanks for visiting and congratulations on completing the challenge. 🙂
Zeus – a fitting end to your powerspful, colorful, entertaining posts. I have loved revisiting some of your favorite places. Hugs and toasts and well-done, my friend!
Thanks and hugs to you too, Sammy. 🙂 I’ve enjoyed your posts also and will definitely check out more of them in future. Cheers!
I enjoyed traveling with you all month, Debbie! Congrats finishing the challenge. It’s been fun connecting with everyone.
I love Greek mythology. Interesting to read about Zeus and the structures built in his honour.
Glad you had a good time here, Cathy and hopefully the spam police will behave in future. 😉
What an accomplishment Debbie, congratulations on completing the challenge lady!
I missed some of the entries while I was offline but I’m definitely going back to check them out. I just love the pictures you share!
Greece is the place that’s on my bucket list. I would love to visit and take in all that history while standing in the midst of it, you know?
So, what’s your next challenge ;)! Happy Wednesday!
Glad you enjoyed the series, Corina. No big challenge planned at the moment – this one wore me out! LOL Thanks for dropping by.
Congrats on getting to Z! Really enjoyed the photos on your post.
Welcome to the Den, HJ and thanks. 🙂 Apologies for the late response.
Greek mythology have always intrigued me. Enjoyed your post.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
Congratulations Debbie for completing the challenge and taking us to so many lovely places in the world! This is a wonderful post to end the challenge with, some great pictures there! Hope to see you around often in the blogging world 🙂
Thank you Beloo. I’ll keep in touch. 🙂 Congratulations to you as well.
So sad that not much is left of the original. I enjoyed reading all about it and seeing your pictures. Very cool. Congratulations on completing the A-Z Challenge! ♥
Yes, all things Zeus really took a beating over the centuries. Such a shame, but at least the archaeologists can determine how things used to be. Congratulations to you too and thanks for visiting. 🙂
Congrats Debbie. Enjoyed reading the history behind Zeus. It’s a gem:)
Glad you enjoyed this and congratulations to you as well. 🙂
Congratulations on completing the challenge..I enjoyed travelling throughout the world with you 🙂
Thanks and congratulations to you as well. 🙂