Good question! It is hard to give a precise answer, since neither statue survives, and reconstructing both in detail (and it is the details that matter in deciding this issue) is difficult to do on the basis of the evidence we happen to have. No ancient writer discusses this issue. Among modern scholars, Caterina Maderna thinks that Jupiter Optimus Maximus (JOM) on the Capitoline was inspired by Phidias' Zeus in Olympia, but the influence was indirect, and so we should not consider JOM to be a copy (*Iuppiter, Diomedes und Merkur als Vorbilder fuer roemische Bildnisstatuen* [1988] 28).
Great graphic's , so smooth and great looking
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Was this statue a copy of the temple of Zeus at Olympia?
Good question! It is hard to give a precise answer, since neither statue survives, and reconstructing both in detail (and it is the details that matter in deciding this issue) is difficult to do on the basis of the evidence we happen to have. No ancient writer discusses this issue. Among modern scholars, Caterina Maderna thinks that Jupiter Optimus Maximus (JOM) on the Capitoline was inspired by Phidias' Zeus in Olympia, but the influence was indirect, and so we should not consider JOM to be a copy (*Iuppiter, Diomedes und Merkur als Vorbilder fuer roemische Bildnisstatuen* [1988] 28).
Praise to be to the God of the Gods! Jupiter is supreme!