Zeus
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This large bronze statue was found in the ocean near Artemisium and the figure was therefore originally identified as Poseidon. A copy of the statue was given to the United States by Greece and now stands in the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. |
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On this red figure Panathenaic amphora, c.480 B.C., Zeus stands with his regular attribute, the thunderbolt, in his left hand and a sceptre in his right. |
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This red figure hydria, c. 490 B.C., shows Zeus in a typical pose: chasing a young girl. How can you tell it's Zeus? |



