SOURCE: "Pausanias and the Temple of Hera at Olympia," The Annual of the British School at Athens, No. 90, 1995, pp. 461-73.

In the following essay, Arafat utilizes Pausanias's work in analyzing the Heraion's contents and purpose.

In the temple of Hera there is an image of Zeus. The image of Hera is seated on a throne, and he is standing beside her wearing a beard and with a helmet on his head. The workmanship of these images is rude. Next to them are the Seasons seated on thrones, a work of Smilis of Aigina. Beside them stands an image of Themis, as mother of the Seasons: it is a work of Dorykleidas, a Lakedaimonian by birth, but a pupil of Dipoinos and Skyllis. The Hesperides, five in number, are by Theokles, also a Lakedaimonian, son of Hegylos; he, too, is said to have studied under Skyllis and Dipoinos. The...