Icons to Idols

In the fourth chapter of Clement's Exhortation to the Heathen, he tries to show that the statues and idols of the pagan religions are false. However, as he does this it seems to me that if one were unaware of what he was talking about, it could easily be mistaken that he is critiquing not just idols of the pagans, but also any image of a deity which could be extended to the icons which are revered by both Catholics and Orthodox Christians to this day.