Located in the southeast of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, the Temple of Zeus is one of the largest temples in ancient Greece. The temple of Zeus was built in 470 BC and completed in 456 BC. This statue is obviously older than the temple of Zeus. The statue of Zeus is in the charge of the sculptor Pheidias. Until 86 BC, Roman commander Sura captured Athens, destroyed those unfinished buildings, removed some stone pillars and other building materials and transported them to Rome. To this day, they can still be seen on the ruins of the ancient Roman square in the center of Rome. The temple of Zeus is famous for its ivory and gold statues. ?

At the time corresponding to this statue, the Mycenae civilization in the late bronze age of Greece had been destroyed (about 1 100 BC). Ancient Greece was in a struggle from the12nd century BC to the 8th century BC? Homer era? . And the history from the 8th century BC to the 6th century BC is called the history of ancient Greece? The age of great immigration? The main literary achievements of this period include lyric poems and fables. The era corresponding to the bronze bull idol should be in the above two eras.

According to Greek myths and legends, Dorians went south together with the descendants of the famous hero Heracles, on the pretext of helping them recapture the Peloponnesian throne belonging to hershey. The Dorian invasion was combined with the internal disputes in Mycenae. Because the Dorians in the stage of military democracy did not establish their own country after destroying Mycenae, the Greek civilization tradition was cut off for two or three hundred years. From 65438 BC+065438 BC+000 BC to 800 BC, all parts of Greece returned to primitive society, which was a relatively backward dark age. The literature reflecting its historical situation is mainly Homer's epic, so it is also called? Homer era? . The earliest plastic arts works in Homer's era are geometric pottery bottles with simple shapes and different sizes, which are mostly used for sacrifice and burial. Even sculpture works are mostly geometric figures without detailed description. Therefore, this period is also called. Geometric style period? . ?

In the colonial era, the expansion of the Greeks had two stages and three directions. The early expansion was mainly to the west coast of Anatolia Peninsula, mainly represented by Chloe City, Ephesus and Miletus. Located on the west coast of Anatolia, they not only have prosperous cities and businesses, but also have a number of famous thinkers, such as Thales, anaximander and Anaximenes. , known as the miletus school. The later colonial movement became more and more mature, and the ancient Greeks actively sailed to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Everywhere they went, they built cities and colonies and created great Greece. ?