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Phidias

Also known as The Great Pheidias, Pheidias, Fidias

thumb|300px|Phidias Showing the Frieze of the [[Parthenon to his Friends (1868) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] Phidias or Pheidias (; , Pheidias; ) was an Ancient Greek sculptor, painter, and architect, active in the 5th century BC. His Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Phidias also designed the statues of the goddess Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, namely the Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon, and the Athena Promachos, a colossal bronze which stood between it and the Propylaea, a monumental gateway that served as the entrance to the Acropolis in

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Phidias was an ancient Greek sculptor, painter, and architect of the 5th century BC who created some of the most famous works of antiquity, including the Statue of Zeus at Olympia (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) and the iconic statues of Athena on the Athenian Acropolis. His works represent the pinnacle of classical Greek artistic achievement and remain central to our understanding of ancient Greek culture and aesthetics.

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Person · Open Library

Born: approximately 500 B.C.
Died: approximately 430 B.C.
Works: 1

Top works

The Elgin and Phigaleian marbles of the classical ages
Kunst um Phidias

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Type: Person
Country: DE
Active from: 1984-08-24

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Listeners: 318
Total plays: 2,369

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Key facts

Artist.name: Phidias
Artist.image: The Sculptor Phidias-Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.jpg
Artist.caption: Bust of Phidias (Roman copy of a 3rd century BC Greek original)
Artist.birth_date: c. 480 BC
Artist.death_date: c. 430 BC

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Wikidata facts

Citizenship: Classical Athens
Image: The Sculptor Phidias-Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.jpg

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Commons category: Phidias
date of birth: 0500-00-00
date of death: 0430-01-01
Commons Creator page: Phidias
name in native language: Φειδίας
name: Phidias
significant place: Classical Athens

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Works in European collections

30 objects attributed to Phidias, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Life and work
Archaeological discovery
Legacy
Gallery
See also
References
Sources
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Plutarch discusses Phidias's friendship with the Greek statesman Pericles, recording that enemies of Pericles tried to attack him through Phidias – who was accused of stealing gold intended for the Parthenon's statue of Athena, and of impiously portraying himself and Pericles on the shield of the statue. The historical value of this account, as well as the legend about accusations against the 'Periclean circle', is debatable, but Aristophanes mentions an incident with Phidias around that time.