Passage 5.24.3
τοῦ ναοῦ δέ ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ μεγάλου Ζεὺς πρὸς ἀνατολὰς ἡλίου, μέγεθος μὲν δυόδεκα ποδῶν, ἀνάθημα δὲ λέγουσιν εἶναι Λακεδαιμονίων, ἡνίκα ἀποστᾶσι Μεσσηνίοις δεύτερα τότε ἐς πόλεμον κατέστησαν· ἔπεστι δὲ καὶ ἐλεγεῖον ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, Δέξο ἄναξ Κρονίδα Ζεῦ Ὀλύμπιε καλὸν ἄγαλμα ἱλάῳ θυμῷ τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις.
To the right of the great temple there is a statue of Zeus facing eastward, twelve feet in height. They say it was dedicated as an offering by the Lacedaemonians at the time of their second declaration of war against the revolting Messenians. Upon it is also inscribed an elegiac couplet: "Receive, Olympian Zeus, son of Cronus, graciously in your spirit This noble image from the Lacedaemonians."