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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...
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giant seated figure,
about 12.4 m (41 ft) tall, made by the Gr****
sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the
sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and
erected in the Temple...
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Tragocephala phidias is a
species of
beetle in the
family Cerambycidae. It was
described by Karl
Jordan in 1894. It is
known from the
Democratic Republic...
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Leptomyrina phidias is a
butterfly in the
family Lycaenidae. It is
found on
Madagascar and Réunion. The
habitat consists of
rocky areas with rupicolous...
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Pentila phidia, the
Ghana pentila, is a
butterfly in the
family Lycaenidae. It is
found in
central and
eastern Ivory Coast,
Ghana and Togo. The habitat...
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Phidias is a
crater on Mercury. Its name was
adopted by the
International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976.
Phidias is
named for the Gr****
artist Phidias...
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Graphium phidias is a
species of
butterfly in the
family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is
found in Laos and Vietnam.
Jordan describes it - P.
phidias Oberth...
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Bunaeopsis phidias is a moth of the
family Saturniidae. It is
known from Africa,
including Tanzania, Eritrea,
Malawi and Zambia. The body of the male...
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After classical Gr****
sculptor Phidias (c. 490–430 BC); Barr
later wrote that he
thought it
unlikely that
Phidias actually used the
golden ratio. The...
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alongside ritual sacrifices honouring both Zeus (whose
famous statue by
Phidias stood in his
temple at Olympia) and
Pelops (divine hero and
mythical king...
