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c. 800 BCE

The oracle of Zeus is established at Dodona.
776 BCE

First athletic games in honour of Zeus are held at Olympia with one event, the stadion foot race.
c. 700 BCE

Greek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
573 BCE

First athletic games at Nemea in honour of Zeus.
c. 480 BCE

The huge temple of Zeus is built at Agrigento.
c. 460 BCE - 457 BCE

Temple of Zeus is built at Olympia with a statue of Apollo dominating the west pediment and containing the cult statue of Zeus by Phidias.
c. 460 BCE

The bronze Poseidon or Zeus statue (of Cape Artemesium) is sculpted.
c. 430 BCE

The cult statue of Zeus by Phidias is dedicated in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
c. 330 BCE

Temple of Zeus built at Nemea.