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Olympic Stories as depicted on Stamps
Temple of Zeus
The Temple of
Zeus was considered to be the largest and most important building of ancient Olympia. It
was built around 460 B.C. and was one of the largest Doric-style temples in Greece. The 
temple was richly decorated with sculptures much which is kept now in the Olympic museum.
Within the temple there was the great gold ivory statue of Zeus - the king of Gods - a
creation of famous sculptor Phidias. The Mali Olympic stamp gives us a distinct impression
of the whole statue. The People's Republic of the Congo (1978) and Hungary (1980) also
issued stamps featuring the statue of Zeus. The Greece's Olympic stamp shown here features
an early Olympic coin which depicted the king Zeus
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Olympic stamp Kaleidoscope
On the occasion of 2008 Olympic Fiji released these four stamps
Olympic Stories Lot-1
- First Olympic Stamp
- Olympic God Zeus
- Temple of Hera
- Apollo
- Hercules
- Goddess Nike
- Olympic Sculptor
- Olympic Coins
- Chariot Race
- Naked Runners
- Armoured Races
- Olympic Martyr
- Olympic Revenue
- Women Olympian
Recent Updates
[31/08/2008] modified version of an ancient Red Indian ball game called 'Baggataway' More…
[27/08/2008] Glima, the Icelandic national wrestling, a display of which was included in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912 More…
[26/08/2008] Unique feature of 2008 Olympic stamps of Australia More…
