Ariston () was a sculptor of

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who, along with his brother and partner Telestas (Τελεστὰς), were the sculptors of a colossal statue of the

Greek god In ancient Greece, deities were regarded as immortal, anthropomorphic, and powerful. They were conceived of as individual persons, rather than abstract concepts or notions, and were described as being similar to humans in appearance, albeit larg ...

Zeus Zeus (, ) is the chief deity of the List of Greek deities, Greek pantheon. He is a sky father, sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. Zeus is the child ...

which the Cleitorians dedicated at Olympia from the spoils of many captured cities. The statue with its pedestal was about eighteen ancient Greek feet high. It bore an inscription, which is given by the ancient Greek geographer Pausanias, but in a mutilated state. Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' 5.23.6.

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