Ancient Olympia, Greece

Achaeology museum of Olympia. The Temple of Zeus' West pediment.

This arrangement of sculptures contrasts the serenity of the East pediment with a much more dynamic composition that illustrates the fight between Centaurs and Lapiths who are engaged in a battle over the abduction of the Lapith women. Apollo presides over all in the center flanked by the heroes Theseus and Peirithoos. The figures a the ends were destroyed in 460 BCE and they were replaced at a later date with the ones found in excavations.

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Achaeology museum of Olympia. The Temple of Zeus' West pediment.<br />
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This arrangement of sculptures contrasts the serenity of the East pediment with a much more dynamic composition that illustrates the fight between Centaurs and Lapiths who are engaged in a battle over the abduction of the Lapith women. Apollo presides over all in the center flanked by the heroes Theseus and Peirithoos. The figures a the ends were destroyed in 460 BCE and they were replaced at a later date with the ones found in excavations.