The eldest is a thing of beauty, with lines to delight a phidias.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
Greek art in those days began with phidias and ended with the Apollo Belvedere; and a child could travel from one to the other without danger of losing his way.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
The Greeks fathomed this mystery: all Athens worshipped its marbles, and phidias was crowned King of Emotions.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker