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Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The Statue Of Zeus




The Temple Of Zeus




The Satue Of Zeus



The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was made by the Greek sculptor of the Classical period, Phidias, circa 432 BC on the site where it was erected in the temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece.

The seated statue, some 12 metres (39 feet) tall, occupied the whole width of the aisle of the temple built to house it. "It seems that if Zeus were to stand up," the geographer Strabo noted early in the first century BC, "he would unroof the temple." Zeus was a chryselephantine sculpture, made of ivory and gold-plated bronze. No copy, in marble or bronze, has survived, though there are recognizable but approximate versions on coins of Elis and Roman coins and engraved gems but a very detailed description of the sculpture and the throne was recorded by the traveller Pausanias, in the second century AD. In the sculpture, he was wreathed with shoots of olive and seated on a magnificent throne of cedarwood, inlaid with ivory, gold, ebony, and precious stones. In Zeus' right hand there was a small statue of crowned Nike, goddess of victory, also chryselephantine, and in his left hand, a sceptre inlaid with metals, on which an eagle perched. Plutarch, in his Life of the Roman general Aemilius Paulus, records that the victor over Macedon, when he beheld the statue, “was moved to his soul, as if he had beheld the god in person,” while the Greek orator Dio Chrysostom declared that a single glimpse of the statue would make a man forget his earthly troubles.

The date of the statue, in the third quarter of the fifth century BC, long a subject of debate, was confirmed archaeologically by the rediscovery and excavation of Phidias' workshop.

it was destroyed in the great fire of the Lauseion, in 475.

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Temple of Artemis


The Temple Of Artemis


The Temple Of Artemis

The Temple of Artemis (Greek: Ἀρτεμίσιον Artemision), also known less precisely as Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to Artemis completed— in its most famous phase— around 550 BC at Ephesus (in present-day Turkey) under the Achaemenid dynasty of the Persian Empire. Nothing remains of the temple, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. There were previous temples on its site, where evidence of a sanctuary dates as early as the Bronze Age.

The old temple antedated the Ionic immigration by many years. Callimachus, in his Hymn to Artemis, attributed the origin of the temenos at Ephesus to the Amazons, whose worship he imagines already centered upon an image (bretas). In the seventh century the old temple was destroyed by a flood. Around 550 BC, they started to build the "new" temple, known as one of the wonders of the ancient world. It was a 120-year project, initially designed and constructed by the Cretan architect Chersiphron and his son Metagenes, at the expense of Croesus of Lydia.

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Mausoleum of Maussollos

The Mausoleum Of Maussollos



The Tomb of Mausolus, Mausoleum of Mausolus or Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, his wife and sister. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyrus and Pythius. It stood approximately 45 metres (135 ft) in height, and each of the four sides was adorned with sculptural reliefs created by each one of four Greek sculptors — Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros and Timotheus. The finished structure was considered to be such an aesthetic triumph that Antipater of Sidon identified it as one of his Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.



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Colossus of Rhodes

Colossus Of Rhodes


Colossus Of Rhodes


The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek god Helios, erected on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Before its destruction, the Colossus of Rhodes stood over 30 meters (107 ft) high, making it one of the tallest statues of the ancient world.

The statue stood for only 56 years until Rhodes was hit by an earthquake in 226 BC. The statue snapped at the knees and fell over on to the land.


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Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Lighthouse Of Alexandria( The Pharos of Alexandria )



The Lighthouse of Alexandria (or The Pharos of Alexandria) was a tower built in the 3rd century BC (between 285 and 247 BC) on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt to serve as that port's landmark, and later, its lighthouse.

With a height variously estimated at between 115 and 150 m (380 and 490 ft) it was among the tallest man-made structures on Earth for many centuries, and was identified as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Antipater of Sidon. It may have been the third tallest building after the two Great Pyramids (of Khufu and Khafra) for its entire life. Some scholars estimate that would make the tower the tallest building up to the 14th century.


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Coldplay's Chris Martin performing in London during their 2008 winter tour

The Killers and Coldplay have announced plans to play a one-off charity gig.

The two bands are due to perform at Shepherds Bush Empire on 18 February for the War Child organisation.
Tickets for the double header are priced at £50 and will be available through a lottery system.
Fans can enter the lottery at 9am, on January 30 through the charity's website. The event will follow that evening's Brit Awards with both bands playing 45 minute sets.
In a statement, Coldplay said: "In our eyes, War Child is one of the world's most important charities, and The Killers are one of our favourite bands, so playing this concert is an absolute pleasure for us."
The Killers added: "Coldplay were one of the bands that gave us hope when we were just four boys in a garage. To share the stage with them for the War Child cause is an honor."

The concert is being held to celebrate War Child's 15th Anniversary and the release of their new album Heroes, which is out on 16 February.
Hot Chip, Duffy, TV On The Radio, Lily Allen and Elbow have all recorded tracks for the covers album.
The concept of the record involves legendary acts such as David Bowie choosing tracks from their back catalogue for current artists to sing.
Among the tracks slated to appear on the album are The Kook's cover of The Kinks track Victoria, Duffy's take on Live And Let Die and Elbow's cover of U2's Running To Stand Still.
All profits from the concert will go to aid War Child's work to protect the children in war zones.
The release comes four years after War Child's last album Help! A Day In The Life, which featured Radiohead, Coldplay and the Manic Street Preachers.
Former Stone Roses guitarist John Squire has also designed the cover for the new record after creating original artwork for the charity's debut album in 1995.

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he suicide of weapons expert Dr David Kelly is the unlikely subject of a new short opera. Death of a Scientist is one of five 15-minute performances being staged by Scottish Opera as a way of bringing in new audiences.
BBC Scotland's arts correspondent, Pauline McLean, was at the first rehearsals in Glasgow on Monday.


Scottish opera's orchestra is in full flight. A soaring, clattering, sinister piece of music which ends in a noisy crescendo.
This is Remembrance Day, a chilling tale about a young girl cleaning her elderly neighbour's house who puts on an old record and rekindles memories which result in a horrific crime.
Written by novelist Louise Welsh and composer Stuart MacRae, it is one of five new operas commissioned by Scottish Opera in their Five:15 season.
The concept is simple - five 15-minute operas by teams which often have not dealt with opera before. And it has been hugely successful - last year's season at Oran Mor in Glasgow sold out; this year's season is close to sold out and extra dates have had to be added.

Ms Welsh, a successful novelist, is used to dark subject matter but even she admits this project is grislier than most.
And although grand opera frequently deals with death, it's unusual to deal with as recent a death as that of Dr David Kelly.
The government scientist died in 2003 amid a furore that the government had exaggerated the weapons threat from Iraq.
For several days leading up to his death, he faced huge public pressure after being named as a possible source of media leaks.
A year later, the Hutton inquiry concluded that the 59-year-old had killed himself by cutting his wrist after taking painkillers.
A play, at London's Tricyle Theatre, later re-enacted the Hutton inquiry but this is the first time the story has been the subject of an opera.

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'Hard-hitting'

Dr David Kelly was found dead near his Oxfordshire home in July 2003

In Death of a Scientist, Dr Kelly is portrayed by tenor Richard Rowe and the libretto, written by Zinnie Harris, explores his final thoughts.
Her husband, composer John Harris, wrote the score. Both used official documents about the case as their source material.
Scottish Opera follows in a tradition of taking hard-hitting news stories and turning them into operas.
In 2005, it staged American composer John Adams' controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer at the Edinburgh International Festival.

It tells the true story of the murder of an American hostage on the hijacked cruise ship, the Achille Lauro.
The opera began with singers, dressed as terrorists, running through the theatre with their hostages.
The other operas are Happy Story by David Fennessy and Nicholas Bone, The Lightning Rod Man by Martin Dixon and Amy Parker and White by Gareth Williams and Glasgow GP Margaret McCartney.
Alex Reedijk, Scottish Opera's general manager, said he was delighted with the strand.
"I'm thrilled that Five:15 is again proving so popular and delighted that we have such a strong programme of new short operas for audiences to soak up," he said.
"To have such talented Scottish-based artists so excited by the art form and creating this kind of work for us is fantastic and I can't wait to see what audiences think of this year's programme."
This week is the first time all the opera creators have been brought together to hear their works performed by singers and orchestra.
They have until late February to finesse the 15-minute operas, with all five being premiered at Oran Mor in Glasgow on 20 February and at the Hub in Edinburgh on 7 March. An extra date has been added in Glasgow on 21 February.

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Grizzlies add Barry Hecker as assistant coach



MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) -- The Memphis Grizzlies added an assistant coach from the China Basketball Association on Tuesday.Barry Hecker was a former scout, assistant coach and director of player personnel with the Los Angeles Clippers. He was with the Jiangsu Nangang Dragons during the 2008 Chinese league playoffs.

Hecker was with the Las Vegas Bandits of the International Basketball League for two seasons as an assistant in 2000-01 under Lionel Hollins, the Grizzlies' new coach.

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Celtics, Lakers Back On Top

There was quite a reaction to last week's No. 5 ranking for the best team in the Western Conference. Irate e-mails came in all week from Lakers fans (who take these rankings much too seriously) all over the world.

Those Kobe-holics dreamed up numerous different conspiracy theories as to why their beloved purple and gold would be ranked so preposterously low, but the real reasoning was pretty simple. They lost. Specifically, they lost two straight games, and because one of those was to the Spurs, San Antonio was No. 4, even though they were five games behind L.A. in the standings.

Since then, of course, the Lakers have gone 4-0 with a big win over the Cavs on Monday and some revenge against Spurs on Sunday. That puts them back at No. 2, just behind the Celtics, who had a slightly more impressive week, beating the Suns, Heat, Magic and Mavs by an average of 16.5 points.

No. 2 probably isn't high enough for most of you, but it will probably elicit some e-mails from the Laker haters out there (bringing balance to the Force) with their own conspiracy theories as to how they can be ahead of the Magic, who have beaten them twice this season.

• Last Week: Halfway There
• This Time Last Year: The Haves and the Have-Nots -- The Hornets had won eight straight and took over the top spot, the Magic beat the Celtics at the buzzer, the Warriors were about to sign Chris Webber, the Nuggets were playing well without Carmelo Anthony, the Wizards were playing defense, and the Rockets were about to begin their 22-game winning streak.

Hero Team of the Week: Boston (4-0)



Zero Team of the Week: Chicago (0-4)


High jumps of the week: Houston (+4), L.A. Lakers (+3), Minnesota (+3), New York (+3)
Free falls of the week: Phoenix (-4), Charlotte (-3), Chicago (-3), Orlando (-3)

East vs. West: The East leads 139-120 (.537) in inter-conference games and went 16-15 this week.

Pace: Possessions per 48 minutes (League Rank)
Off: Points scored per 100 possessions (League Rank)
Def: Points allowed per 100 possessions (League Rank)

The league averages through Sunday are 90.2 possessions (per team) per 48 minutes and 108.9 points scored per 100 possessions.



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