... of his genius. Pericles and Phidias seem to have been two grandforces working in harmony for the political and artistic grandeur of Athens, and, indeed, of all Attica, for within a period of ... the misfortunes which he cannot account for; the old pedagogue, to whom the youngest boy has run for protection and, indeed, all demand oursympathy for their grief and our admiration for their ... statues were made of wood and then covered withivory and gold; the ivory was used for the flesh parts of the statue, and gold for the drapery and ornaments ofthe figure, and the finished work was...