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Pheidias

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Noun1.Pheidias - ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC)Pheidias - ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC)
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Hayward surrounded his sordid and vulgar little adventures with a glow of poetry, and thought he touched hands with Pericles and Pheidias because to describe the object of his attentions he used the word hetaira instead of one of those, more blunt and apt, provided by the English language.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Indeed, I cannot believe you; for I know of a single man, Protagoras, who made more out of his craft than the illustrious Pheidias, who created such noble works, or any ten other statuaries.
Meno by Plato View in context
 
 
 
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