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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 913,398 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Phidias is the 2nd most popular sculptor, the 27th most popular biography from Greece (down from 25th 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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  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 16.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

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Among SCULPTORS

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

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Contemporaries

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

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Phidias ranks 27 out of 1,024. Before him are Philip II of Macedon (-382), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), Protagoras (-486), Thucydides (-460), Bayezid II (1447), and Spartacus (-109). After him are Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478), Xenophon (-430), Demosthenes (-384), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Leonidas I (-540), and Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769).

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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), Chares of Lindos (-400), Ageladas (-600), Antenor (-590), and Paeonius (-500).

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