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Phidias or
Pheidias (/ˈfɪdiəs/;
Ancient Gr****: Φειδίας,
Pheidias; c. 480 – c. 430 BC) was an
Ancient Gr**** sculptor, painter, and architect,
active in...
- the statue.
According to Pausanias, "when the
image was
quite finished Pheidias pra**** the god to show by a sign
whether the work was to his liking. Immediately...
- in the
front line") was a
colossal bronze statue of
Athena sculpted by
Pheidias,
which stood between the
Propylaea and the
Parthenon on the
Acropolis of...
- sculptor,
active in the 5th
century BCE.
Alongside the
Athenian sculptors Pheidias,
Myron and Praxiteles, he is
considered as one of the most
important sculptors...
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South Stoa and the bouleuterion,
whereas the palaestra, the
workshop of
Pheidias, the gymnasion, and the
Leonidaion lie to the west.
Olympia was also known...
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statue there. It
included a
crown of
stags and
little Nikes and was made by
Pheidias after the
Battle of
Marathon (490 BC),
crafted from a
block of
Parian marble...
- were
often placed in the
hands of
larger deities. One such
example is
Pheidias's statue of Zeus at Olympia.
According to Pausanias's
Description of Greece...
- in the
story may be the same one
depicted coiled at Athena's feet in
Pheidias's famous statue of the
Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon. Many of the surviving...
- and more perfected.[citation needed]
Chisholm 1911. Pausanias, v. 10.3.
Pheidias translated John
Galen Howard reprint 2005- Page 229 "While at Olympia,...
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after the
Battle of Marathon. This was
supposedly created by the
artist Pheidias,
though there is some
disagreement among modern scholars whether this was...