 ... the works that were, like the tombs and tripods of their heroes, to be the monuments of a nation to distant ages, and to transmit the most irrefragable proof 'that the power of ancient Greece was not an idle legend.' The whole democracy were animated...  The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal - Page 136edited by - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1837 - 618 pages
...idle legend.'* CHAP ^ e wn ol e democracy were animated with the 'i. passion of Pericles; and when Phidias recommended marble as a cheaper material than ivory for the great statue of Minerva, it was for that reason that ivory was preferred by the unanimous voice of the assembly. Thus, whether... | |
 | Scotland - 1837 - 928 pages
...was not an idle legend.' The whole demoeracy were animated with the passion of Perieles ; and when Phidias recommended marble as a cheaper material than ivory for the great statue of Minerva, it was for that reason that ivory was preferred by the unanimous voiee of the assembly. Thus, whether... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1845 - 408 pages
...was not an idle legend.' The whole democracy were animated with the passion of Pericles ; and when Phidias recommended marble as a cheaper material than ivory for the great statue of Minerva, it was for that reason that ivory was preferred by the unanimous voice of the assembly. Thus, whether... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 410 pages
...Greece was not an idle legend." The whole democracy were animated with the passion of Pericles; and when Phidias recommended marble as a cheaper material than ivory for the great satue of Minerva, it was for that reason that ivory was preferred by the unanimous voice of the assembly.... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1854 - 866 pages
...the sculptor, Phidias, re commended marblo as a cheaper material than ivory, for the gre.it stati'.e of Minerva, about to be erected in Athens, it was...excellent purpose : for in discussing the merits of the last newlyerected building, inaugurated statue, or coming spectacle, the people forgot their fends... | |
 | Marcius Willson - History - 1854 - 866 pages
...an idle legend.' The whole democracy were animated with the passion of Pericles ; and when Phid' ias recommended marble as a cheaper material than ivory for the great statue of Minerva, it was for that reason that ivory was preferred by the unanimous voice of the assembly. Thus, whether... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1874 - 416 pages
...was not an idle legend.' The whole democracy were animated with the passion of Pericles ; and when Phidias recommended marble as a cheaper material than ivory for the great statue of Minerva, it was for that reason thai ivory was preferred by the unanimous voice of the assembly. Thus, whether... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1861 - 550 pages
...was not an idle legend." The whole democracy were animated with the passion of Pericles ; and when Phidias recommended marble as a cheaper material than ivory for the great statue of Minerva, it was for that reason that ivory was preferred by the unanimous voice of the assembly. Thus, whether... | |
 | MARCUS WILLSON - 1864 - 860 pages
...an idle legend.7 The whole democracy were animated with the passion of Pericles; and when Phid' ias recommended marble as a cheaper material than ivory for the great statue of Minerva, it was for that reason that ivory was preferred by the unanimous voice of the assembly. Thus, whether... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1874 - 570 pages
...was not an idle legend."* The whole democracy were animated with the passion of Pericles ; and when Phidias recommended marble as a cheaper material than ivory for the great statue of Minerva, it was for that reason that ivory was preferred by the unanimous voice of the assembly. Thus, whether... | |
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