. Things worth doing and how to do them. ore you a majestic whitestatue of gigantic size, made of ivory, seated uponan immense throne of ebony, ivory, gold andprecious stones, and wearing upon his golden haira crown of enamelled green olive leaves. Overone shoulder is thrown a mantle of glitteringgold, embroidered in white lilies, which fallsdown over his ivory body across the one hand he holds the winged figure ofVictory, in the other a long, slender sceptre crowned with aneagle, and on his feet are rich golden san-dals. There: Was not that worth seeing?You have been looking at Zeus
. Things worth doing and how to do them. ore you a majestic whitestatue of gigantic size, made of ivory, seated uponan immense throne of ebony, ivory, gold andprecious stones, and wearing upon his golden haira crown of enamelled green olive leaves. Overone shoulder is thrown a mantle of glitteringgold, embroidered in white lilies, which fallsdown over his ivory body across the one hand he holds the winged figure ofVictory, in the other a long, slender sceptre crowned with aneagle, and on his feet are rich golden san-dals. There: Was not that worth seeing?You have been looking at Zeus of Olympia,the most beautiful and wonderful statueever made by Phidias, who lived ages agoand modelled Zeus about the year 439 can make a little statue of Zeus,but you must pretend that You Are the Sculptor Phidias and that you are actually modelling thereal giant statue. Make believe that hun-dreds of elephant tusks have been sent to r j. , , . , , , Fig. 332.—Make Zeus of a you irom distant regions to supply enough doll. 259. 260 Seven Wonders of the IVorld ivory for the work, and that you have an abundance of gold,precious stones and ebony. Make Zeus of a doll (Fig. 332) fiveand one-half or six inches in length. Pry off its wig, then give
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