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The Statue of Zeus 

 The text “The Statue of Zeus”, published on the website www.new7wonders.com, is about why it was the most inspiring AMONG the other 7 wonders of the ancient world to Philo of Byzantium.  The statue was built in the imposing temple of the city (The Parthenon), with the finality of paying tribute to Zeus, the most powerful Olympian God. According to a geographer of the period B.C., quoted in the text, the statue looked like it was standing up. The most important features of the monument were: its 12 meters high, the materials it was made OF (gold and ivory), THE statue of the goddess of victory and the scepter that he had in his hands  

