Among the ancient Greeks themselves two works of Phidias far outshone all others, and were the basis of his fame; the colossal chryselephantine figures in gold and ivory of Zeus at Olympia and of Athena Parthenos at Athens, both of which belong to about the middle of the 5th century BC.
在古希腊人的眼中，phidias的两个作品远胜于所有其他，并决定了他的名声；黄金和象牙雕刻的奥林匹亚宙斯和雅典的雅典娜，都属于约公元前5世纪中叶。
Like the Olympia Zeus by the same sculptor, the original Athena Parthenos was made in and elaborate technique known as chryselephantine.
同《奥林匹斯的宙斯》巨像一样，这尊雅典娜神像的原作也同样出自菲迪亚斯之手。
The gold sheets of drapery could be removed if necessary, for the Athena Parthenos served as a gold reserve in the Parthenon, which was a treasury for storing the financial reserves of the Delian League.
事实上，由帕特农神庙的雅典娜雕像是一尊用来储存黄金的祭献物，雅典娜垂褶衫上的黄金镶饰可以在有必要时回收，因此帕特农神庙实际上是提洛同盟储存财富的巨大金库所在。