458 ON THE PROGRESS OF SCULPTURE. 



Shipped me for Attica, — and doom'd to stand 

 His mark of triumph o'er this Attic land. 

 But when at Marathon fall'n Persia groaned. 

 And for invasion shattered ships aton'd. 

 By Attic art, perfection's nurse, I rose 

 In form a goddess, who the proud o'erthrows. 

 In different characters my figure speaks. 

 To Persians, vengeance ! — Victory to Greeks I" 



He also executed, in bronze, a statue of 

 Minerva, styled the " Beautiful," Although it 

 may appear surprising to us, and contrary to all 

 our received notions of good taste and propriety, 

 his most celebrated productions were colossal 

 statues of ivory, with drapery of gold. His statue 

 of Venus in this style, which stood at Elis, was 

 inferior to his Jupiter and Minerva. With regard 

 to the order of time in which these works were 

 executed, some remarks will be made in the 

 sequel. 



The statue of Jupiter, though sitting, was 

 forty feet high. He wore a crown of olive leaves 

 on his head, and held in his right hand an image 

 of Victory, in his left a sceptre, formed of various 

 metals, with exquisite skill, and surmounted by 

 an eagle. The entire drapery of this statue, 

 with the throne upon which it was placed, was 



