Editing Cyrene, Libya (section)

===Temple of Zeus===
[[File:Cyrene_(1)_(8289544346).jpg|thumb|The reconstructed temple of Zeus, seen from the southwest.]]
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The '''Temple of Zeus''' was the largest ancient Greek temple at Cyrene, and one of the largest Greek temples ever built. The original [[Doric order|Doric]] [[octastyle]] [[peripteral]] temple was constructed around 500-480 BC,{{sfn|Kenrick|2013|p=222}} It faced east and stood atop a three-stepped [[crepidoma]], with a length of 68.3 metres and a width of 30.4 metres,{{sfn|Dinsmoor|1950|p=86}} making it roughly the same size as the [[Temple of Zeus, Olympia|Temple of Zeus]] at [[Ancient Olympia|Olympia]] and the [[Parthenon]] at [[Athens]].{{sfn|Kenrick|2013|p=222}} The front porch ([[pronaos]]) was supported by two columns [[in antis]]; the back porch ([[opisthodomos]]) by three<!--Sic!--> columns in antis. The [[cella]] was two stories high and two rows of columns divided it into three aisles. The external colonnade ([[peripteros]]) has eight columns at the front and rear and seventeen columns on each of the long sides. It was destroyed in 115 AD during the Jewish sack of the city. Around 172-175 AD it was partially rebuilt as a non-peripteral temple. Between 185 and 192 AD, a colossal cult statue, modelled on the [[Statue of Zeus at Olympia]] was installed.{{sfn|Goodchild|Reynolds|Herington|1958|p=51-61}} The temple was destroyed once more in 365 AD by an earthquake and then burnt by Christians.{{sfn|Goodchild|Reynolds|Herington|1958|p=39}}