Which temple, designed by Libon of Elis around 470-450 BC, features six columns across the width and thirteen along the length?

• A. Temple of Zeus
• B. Temple of Artemis
• C. Parthenon
• D. Temple of Apollo

Answer: (A)

Recognizing a temple by its column arrangement and the architect. Libon of Elis, active around 470–450 BC, is credited with designing the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. This temple is described as hexastyle, meaning six columns across the front, with thirteen along the sides. That six-by-thirteen peristyle configuration is a distinctive feature of Zeus’s temple at Olympia and matches the period and builder. The other temples don’t fit this specific plan: the Parthenon has eight columns across the front and seventeen along the sides and was designed by different architects; the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Temple of Apollo at Didyma have different plans and builders.