CHRYSEIS, krt-si.'1s. In the Iliad, Asty nome. the daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo at Chryse. She fell to the share of Agamemnon in the distribution of spoils during the Trojan War, and the ransom offered by her father was harshly refused by Agamemnon. Apollo. to imn fsh the slight to his priest. sent a pestilenee en the Greek camp, which was averted only by the return of Chryseis to her father. CHRYSELEPHANTINE, kris'M (from tfk. xpeereicitod•rtvos, eh rys, Irphunt Inas, of gold 81111 ivory, from xpegtor, ryStn 5. gold + ixoci VT LPOS, eb VI II I iGus, made of ivory. from 1Xeoat, pious, ivory, elephant). The art which prevailed among the Greeks of covering their statues with ivory and gold. The body of the,• figures was usually of wood over which a thin plating of ivory was fastened, and certain por tions of the garments were made of gold. The hair. ,
also, was of gold. These garment- and the hair were usually chased. (See CiLtsiiNG.) The moot eled laul• of these statues belonged to the art of sculpture, while the chasing and 'ornamentation of the draperies and hair was (-ailed toreutie art. The statues were mainly of religions character and used fur the ornamentation of tern des. Winekelmann has calculated that alanit 100 stat ues of this kind are mentioned by the ancients. The colossal works executed by Phidias in Athens, in the time of Pericles, are the most famous of this class. the greatest being the Pallas of the Parthenon. 11 was 26 cubits high. and represented the goddess in armor, covered with a long robe. The famous Olympian Jupiter of Phidias, executed in the same materials, was also a world-wide wonder.