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Phidias

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Phid·i·as  (fd-s) fl. fifth century b.c.
Athenian sculptor who supervised work on the Parthenon. His statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Phidias [ˈfɪdɪˌæs]
n
(Biographies / Phidias (5th century bc-5th century bc) M, Greek, ARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor) 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, regarded as one of the greatest of sculptors. He executed the sculptures of the Parthenon and the colossal statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the World: neither survives in the original
Phidian  adj
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Noun1.PhidiasPhidias - ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC)
Pheidias
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Phidias [ˈfɪdɪæs] n → Fidia m
Phidias [ˈfɪdɪæs] n → Fidia m


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Phidias was supposed to have stolen some public gold, with the connivance of Pericles, for the embellishment of the statue of Minerva.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
The guide showed us a coffee-colored piece of sculpture which he said was considered to have come from the hand of Phidias, since it was not possible that any other artist, of any epoch, could have copied nature with such faultless accuracy.
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" said Michel; "you believe that they have artists like Phidias, Michael Angelo, or Raphael?
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