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

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