Phidias
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Phidias 🇬🇷

Φειδίας (Known as "Architect of the Parthenon Sculptures")
Sculptor, Painter, Architect, Director of the Periclean Acropolis Works
Born c. 480 BCE 🇬🇷 Athens, Greece
Passed Away c. 430 BCE Elis or Olympia, Greece
Lifespan ~50 years old
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"I have fashioned the likeness of Zeus as Homer conceived him, shaking Olympus with a nod of his ambrosial brows."

Archival Overview

Supreme Greek sculptor of the Golden Age of Athens, artistic overseer of the Parthenon, creator of the colossal Athena Parthenos and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World).

Biographical Record

Phidias (c. 480–430 BCE), son of Charmides, was appointed by Pericles as general director of all artistic and architectural building programs on the Athenian Acropolis. Under his visionary direction, the Parthenon was adorned with the magnificent friezes, metopes, and pedimental sculptures that define Classical Hellenic grandeur.

Phidias mastered the chryselephantine (gold and ivory) technique, creating the forty-foot-tall cult statue of Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon and the colossal Statue of Zeus at Olympia, counted among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. His breathtaking drapery treatments and serene, noble representations of the gods set the eternal standard for classical art.

Key Life Milestones

438 BCE

Dedication of Athena Parthenos

Dedicated the colossal 12-meter chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos within the Parthenon.

c. 432 BCE

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Completed the ivory and gold enthroned statue of Zeus at Olympia, hailed as an Ancient Wonder of the World.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Sacred Altis Memorial of Olympia
Elis or Olympia, Greece
GPS: 37.6433, 21.6247
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