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According to Plutarch, Phidias was made an object of attack by the political enemies of Pericles. His workman Menon is said to have been at least partially responsible for his downfall: Plutarch states that Menon sat in the marketplace begging for protection in exchange for bringing charges against
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after he completed the Statue of Zeus at Olympia for them. From the late 5th century BC, small copies of the statue of Zeus were found on coins from Elis, which give a general notion of the pose and the character of the head. The god was seated on a throne, every part of which was used for
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A significant advancement in the knowledge of Phidias' working methodology came during 1954–58 with the excavation of the workshop at Olympia where he created the Statue of Zeus. Tools, terracotta molds and a cup inscribed on the bottom "Φειδίου εἰμί" (Pheidíou eimí) – "I belong to Phidias";
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literally: "of Phidias I am", were found here, just where Pausanias said the statue was constructed. The discovery has enabled archaeologists to re-create the techniques used to make the statue and confirm its date.
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Of Phidias' life, little is known apart from his works. Although no original works exist that can be attributed to him with certainty, numerous Roman copies of varying degrees of fidelity are known to exist.
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in Athens. Both sculptures belong to about the middle of the 5th century BC. A number of replicas and works inspired by it, both ancient and modern, have been made. Upon completing the
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In 447 BC, Pericles commissioned several sculptures for Athens from Phidias to celebrate the Greek victory against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon during the
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The Delian team was an association of approximately 150 Greek city-states under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire.
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Phidias. He was subsequently provided with safety by the state and exempted from public duties. Accordingly, Phidias was imprisoned and died in prison at Athens.
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BC. It is therefore possible that most of sculptural decoration of the Parthenon was the work of Phidias' workshop including pupils of Phidias, such as
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to prove his innocence, but was then accused of impiously portraying himself and Pericles on the shield of the statue, which was apparently true.
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sculptural decoration. His body was of ivory, his robe of gold. His head was of a somewhat archaic type; the bust of Zeus found at
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sculptural design. Today, most critics and historians consider him one of the greatest of all ancient Greek sculptors.
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Ivory head of Apollo, perhaps carved by Phidias, looted in 1995 by Pietro Casasanta and repatriated to Italy in 2003
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after Phidias. However, Barr later wrote that he thought it unlikely that Phidias actually used the golden ratio.
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or permanent moral level of his works as compared with those of the later so called "pathetic" school. Both
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at Paris, which has lost its head, gives some idea of what the original statue may have looked like.
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For the ancient Greeks, two works of Phidias far outshone all others: the colossal
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Birte Lundgreen, "A Methodological Enquiry: The Great Bronze Athena by Phidias"
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A copy of a work by Phidias or one of his pupils: head of Athena, found around
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For the Australian artist who used the pseudonym "Phidias" in radio talks, see
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BC torsos of Athena have been found at Athens. The torso of Athena in the
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writes that he superintended the great works ordered by Greek statesman
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Plutarch records that Phidias was imprisoned and died in jail.
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The earliest of Phidias' works were dedications in memory of
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One Hundred Greek Sculptors: Their Careers and Extant Works,
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he created a great group in bronze including the figures of
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calls his statues sublime, and at the same time precise.
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Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities, Volume I
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and Plutarch mention works of his depicting the warlike
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Phidias is often credited as the main instigator of the
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of wisdom and warriors and the protector of Athens. At
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discusses Phidias' friendship with the Greek statesman
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According to Pausanias (1.28.2), the original bronze
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mentions an incident with Phidias around that time.
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Greek sculptor, painter and architect (c.480–430 BC)
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Pheidias
Jeffrey Smart
Pheidas (mythology)

Frieze
Parthenon
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
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Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek sculptor
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Athena
Athenian Acropolis
Athena Parthenos
Parthenon
Athena Promachos
Propylaea
Hegias
Ageladas
Plutarch
Pericles
Aristophanes
Classical Greek

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