Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 24
in the Altis, orsacred grove at Olympia. Zeus was represented as seated on a throne of cedarwood, adorned with gold,ivory, ebony, preciousstones, and glowing co-lours ; a wreath of oliveon his mighty brow; inhis right hand an ivoryand gold figure of Vic-tory, crowned, and boundabout the head with… … Statue of Zeus, with figure of Victory inthe right hand. 22 A POEM IN MARBLE. and flowers, especially lilies. The throne also gleamedwith the glow of gold and the flashing lights of jewels,with ebony and ivory, and was ornamented with figuresof exquisite design, both carved and painted.…
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