What happened to the statue of Zeus?

In 391 AD, with the rise of Christianity, the Romans banned the Olympic Games and closed down the Greek temples. The statue of Zeus was subsequently transferred to Constantinople. In 462 AD, a fire destroyed the palace where the statue was located, causing it to be permanently lost.



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Unfortunately, the Statue of Zeus has not survived to the modern era. It was destroyed sometime in the 5th or 6th century CE, either when Theodosius II ordered the temple destroyed, or by fire or earthquake after being moved to Constantinople.

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In 125 BC, the Roman emperor Hadrian included this temple in his Athens building programme. Many statues of gods and Roman emperors adorned the temple, including an enormous chryselephantine statue of Zeus.

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