. Things worth doing and how to do them. Fig. 345-—Your Little Statue of Zeus 2tf CHAPTER XXII. THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA MAGINE that you see before 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 aneagl
. Things worth doing and how to do them. Fig. 345-—Your Little Statue of Zeus 2tf CHAPTER XXII. THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA MAGINE that you see before 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
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