| And underneath, Apollo, crossing the sea to Delphi, of the Phidian time. |
| Like the Phidian Zeus his proportions are all the more majestic for the distance which rounds over any venial defect. |
| The other great Phidian ideal, that of Athena, was represented by several statues, both in Athens and in other cities. |
| In Beauty's own dear day, had shone a polished Phidian vase! |
| His hard face was ashen with rage, and he stared at a calendar on the wall with his cold, Phidian stare. |
| It is true that full drapery seems more consistent with the dignified and august figures of Phidian art. |
