Chryselephantine (from Greek χρυσος (chrysos), “gold,” and ελεφαντινος (elephantinos), “ivory”), the architectural term given to statues which were built up on a wooden core, with ivory representing the flesh and gold the drapery. The two most well known examples are those sculpted by Pheidias of the statue of Athena (known as the "Athena Polias", where Athena is depicted in a warrior-like fashion and driving a war chariot) in the Parthenon and of Zeus in the temple at Olympia.

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