456 ON THE PROGRESS OF SCULPTURE. 



Contemporary with Ageladas, were Olegias 

 and Onatas, of ^gina. Diomenes, the son and 

 successor of Hiero, of Syracuse, dedicated to 

 Jupiter a chariot and two horses of bronze, the 

 production of Onatas. He likewise cast many 

 single figures and equestrian statues ; amongst 

 the former may be enumerated an Apollo, at 

 Pergamos, which was admirable for its size and 

 beauty ; and the celebrated statue of Ceres, at 

 Phigalia. 



"We may now proceed to that brilliant epoch 

 which commences with the death of Cimon, at 

 the close of the eighty-third Olympiad, an 

 event which placed the whole fortunes of his 

 country at the sole disposal of Pericles, and when 

 the art of statuary was advanced almost to its 

 meridian splendour by the talents of Phidias. A 

 critical r-eview of what information can be obtained 

 respecting his productions is deferred, as 1 have 

 previously stated, to a future opportunity, when 

 the literary notices now collected will be applied 

 to the elucidation of several disputed points con- 

 cerning the marbles brought from Athens by 

 Lord Elgin. 



Phidias appears to have been a man gifted with 



