In one work by this sculptor, the subject wears a helmet with a central Sphinx-like figure surrounded by a griffin on each side.
In one work by this sculptor, the subject wears a helmet with a central Sphinx-like figure surrounded by a griffin on each side. One of his works was a colossal bronze statue of a goddess standing between the Propylaea and the Parthenon and is titled the Athena Promachos. A more famous statue holds a shield in its left hand and a figurine of Nike in its right, and was once covered with gold. The creator of the Athena Parthenos is, for 10 points, what Greek sculptor who created the Statue of Zeus at Olympus?
In one work by this sculptor, the subject wears a helmet with a central Sphinx-like figure surrounded by a griffin on each side.
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