A chess game about the Olympic Games
Discover this magnificent brass chess set themed around the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games were the most glorious religious and athletic festival of the ancient world. Every four years, all the city-states of Greece ceased their conflicts and gathered in ancient Olympia, where the best athletes competed in athletic and combat sports. A crown of olive leaves, cut with a pair of golden scissors, was the prize of eternal glory.
An Olympic-themed chessboard with chess pieces inspired by Greek athletes and gods.
Famous sculptors have always been inspired by the Olympic Games. The aim was to highlight the beauty of the athlete's form and the majesty of the gods being honored. The figure of the king is a replica of the famous statue "Poseidon of Melos" (2nd century BC), and the queen represents the glorious "Athena Promaxos" (450 BC, Acropolis Museum). A bronze statue of the god Hermes inspired the figure of the jester, and the knight is part of the marble facade of the Parthenon. The tower is a reproduction of an admirable Attic stele of the young Aristion, who died in battle. Finally, the pawn is a bronze statue of a discus thrower from the Classical period (500 BC).
- Set: Complete Chess Set
- Dimensions: 36 or 54 cm
- Square size: 3.6 or 5.4 cm
- King height: 6.5 or 10.5 cm
- Weight: 5 or 9.3 kg
- Color: To be chosen
- Chessboard material: Brass
- Materials of parts: Zinc alloy 5
- Magnetic: No
- Electronics: No
- Storage: Wooden box
- Foldable: No
- Handmade: Yes
- Number of pieces: 32
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