Phidias

Athena Promachos (Parthenos)

originally housed in the Parthenon in Athens Phidias began work on the statue in 447 BCE and it survived until the 5th century CE when it is presumed destroyed in fire

Materials made of ivory, silver and gold

Description The Goddess Athena is standing, a tunic reaches to her feet and the head of Medusa is worked in ivory on her breast. She holds a statue of victory in one hand and a spear in the other. At her feet lies a shield and a serpent.

Praxiteles
Apollo Sauroktonos
originally housed in the Parthenon in Athens Phidias began work on the statue in 447 BCE and it survived until the 5th century CE when it is presumed destroyed in fire Materials Bronze Technique Hollow cast Period: Late Classical Description Youthful Apollo leaning against a tree trunk, about to kill a lizard. Apollo holds an arrow to aim at a lizard creeping up on him.

Puget, Pierre
Apollo Sauroktonos
Milo (or Milon) of Croton was a legendary Greek wrestler from the Greek settlement of Croton in southern Italy. He won the wrestling contest at five successive Olympic Games, and swept the board at all other festivals. Materials Made of marble Description Milo, his hand caught in a split treetrunk, about to be devoured by a lion. Puget's Milo represents the irruption of the Baroque. it is inscribed in a geometric, almost