. The eastern nations and Greece. Fig. 122. Throwing the Discus, OR Quoit. (The Discobolus of Myron, Vatican Museum) For its age one of the most wonderfulof human works. — Percy Gardner 294 GREEK ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE [§326 their city. It was his genius which, as already mentioned, created themarvelous figures of the pediments and of the frieze of the Parthenon.^The most celebrated of his colossal sculptures were the statueof the goddess Athena within the Parthenon and that of OlympianZeus in the temple at Olympia. The statue of Athena was aboutforty feet in height, and was constructed of
. The eastern nations and Greece. Fig. 122. Throwing the Discus, OR Quoit. (The Discobolus of Myron, Vatican Museum) For its age one of the most wonderfulof human works. — Percy Gardner 294 GREEK ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE [§326 their city. It was his genius which, as already mentioned, created themarvelous figures of the pediments and of the frieze of the Parthenon.^The most celebrated of his colossal sculptures were the statueof the goddess Athena within the Parthenon and that of OlympianZeus in the temple at Olympia. The statue of Athena was aboutforty feet in height, and was constructed of ivory and gold, thehair, weapons, sandals, and drapery being of the latter Fig. 123. Athenian Youth in Procession. (From the frieze of theParthenon) The statue of Olympian Zeus was also of ivory and gold. It wassixty feet high and represented the god seated on his throne. Thehair, beard, and drapery were of gold. The eyes were brilliant of great value decked the throne, and figures of exquisite de-sign were sculptured on the golden robe. The colossal proportionsof this wonderful work, as well as the lofty yet benign aspect of the 1 That is to say, the designs were his ; but a great part of the actual sculpturing musthave been done by other hands working under the direction of the master mind. Thesubject of the wonderful frieze was the procession which formed the most importantfeature of the Athenian festival known as the Great Panathenasa, which was celebratedevery four years in honor of the patron goddess of Athens. The greater part of the friezeand of the pediment statues are now in the British Museum, the Parthenon having beenlargely despoiled
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