The statue of Zeus at Olympia was created by an artist known as the finest sculptor of the ancient world in the 5th century BCE, Phidias, who also worked on the Parthenon and the statue of Athena in Athens.
Rishi Sunak was reported to be irritated by comments made on television by Mr Mitsotakis about the return to Greece of the Parthenon Sculptures that are currently housed in the British Museum.
Scotland and Wales have wanted to see themselves as the heirs of a people that flourished in northern Europe at the same time as the Athenians were building the Parthenon.