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Phidias

490 BC - 430 BC

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Phidias or Pheidias (; Ancient Greek: Φειδίας, Pheidias; c. 480 – c. 430 BC) was an Ancient Greek sculptor, painter, and architect, active in the 5th century BC. His Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Phidias also designed the statues of the goddess Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, namely the Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon, and the Athena Promachos, a colossal bronze which stood between it and the Propylaea, a monumental gateway that served as the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens. Phidias was the son of Charmides of Athens. The ancients believed that his masters were Hegias and Ageladas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Phidias is the 2nd most popular sculptor, the 26th most popular biography from Greece (up from 27th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Sculptor.

Phidias is most famous for his work on the Parthenon, which is a temple in Athens.

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Among sculptors, Phidias ranks 2 out of 258. Before him are Auguste Rodin. After him are Praxiteles, Camille Claudel, Benvenuto Cellini, Polykleitos, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Antonio Canova, Lysippos, Alberto Giacometti, Constantin Brâncuși, and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.

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Among people born in 490 BC, Phidias ranks 2. Before him is Empedocles. After him are Zeno of Elea, Nehemiah, Archelaus I of Macedon, Hellanicus of Lesbos, Bacchylides, Agis II, Crateuas of Macedon, Ion of Chios, Nepherites I, and Oenopides. Among people deceased in 430 BC, Phidias ranks 2. Before him is Empedocles. After him are Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, Melissus of Samos, and Archelaus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Phidias ranks 26 out of 1,024. Before him are Bayezid II (1447), Plutarch (46), Protagoras (-486), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Kösem Sultan (1590), and Sappho (-630). After him are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), Draco (-650), Spartacus (-109), Xenophon (-430), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), and Demosthenes (-384).

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Among SCULPTORS In Greece

Among sculptors born in Greece, Phidias ranks 1. After him are Praxiteles (-395), Polykleitos (-450), Lysippos (-390), Myron (-500), Scopas (-395), Leochares (-400), Paeonius (-500), Alcamenes (-500), Chares of Lindos (-400), Ageladas (-600), and Antenor (-590).

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