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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 319 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHRYSELEPHANTINE (Gr. xpvouOr,
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gold, and XEgas,
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ivory)  , the architectural
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term given to statues which were built up on a wooden core, with
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ivory representing the flesh and
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gold the drapery . The two most celebrated examples are those by
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Pheidias of the statue of
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Athena in the
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Parthenon and of
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Zeus in the
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temple at
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Olympia .

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