Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 30
stood was wrought in relief.with many gods and goddesses and other figures upon it. STORIES OF ART AND ARTISTS. 11 Phidias wished to put his name on his work, but not being allowedto do so, he accomplished his purpose by making his own portraitin one of the figures upon the shield. Many other works… … THE MOST ANCIENT FORM OF GREEK CHARIOT. (FROM AN ANTIQUE SCULPTURE.) After the completion of the Minerva, Phidias went to Elis, wherehe made the wonderful statue of the Olympian Jupiter for the greattemple of that god in the Altis, or sacred grove, at Olympia. Thisrepresented the god as seated on a…
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