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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phidias has received more than 846,399 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia. Phidias is the 2nd most popular sculptor, the 25th most popular biography from Greece (down from 20th 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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  • 16.73

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  • 2.32

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Phidias ranks 2 out of 189. Before him are Auguste Rodin. After him are Myron, Praxiteles, Polykleitos, Benvenuto Cellini, Alberto Giacometti, Camille Claudel, Lysippos, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Antonio Canova, and Constantin Brâncuși.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 490 BC, Phidias ranks 1. After him are Zeno of Elea, Empedocles, Nehemiah, Bacchylides, Archelaus I of Macedon, Agis II, Hellanicus of Lesbos, Ion of Chios, Nepherites I, Oenopides, and Crateuas of Macedon. Among people deceased in 430 BC, Phidias ranks 1. After him are Empedocles, Melissus of Samos, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, and Archelaus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Phidias ranks 25 out of 936. Before him are Protagoras (-486), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Sappho (-630), Plutarch (46), El Greco (1541), and Thucydides (-460). After him are Bayezid II (1447), Nurbanu Sultan (1525), Xenophon (-430), Demosthenes (-384), Themistocles (-524), and Leonidas I (-540).

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Among SCULPTORS In Greece

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

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