\paperw3195 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 Two groups of statues were set in the \b \cf1 \ATXht16 pediments\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 : the one at the front housed a sculp
ture of the chariot race between the heroes Pelops and Oenomaus, while the western one represented the battle between the Lapithae and Centaurs. Finally the labors of Heracles were depicted on the metopes. Inside the temple, the naos housed the gigantic
chryselephantine statue of Zeus Olympios carved by \b \cf2 \ATXht16 Phidias\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . The god, represented seated on a throne with a crown of olive sprigs, held a Victory in his right hand and a scepter with an eagle perched on it in his left.
