Phidias

[fid-ee-uhs]

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noun

c500–432? b.c., Greek sculptor.

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Phidias (ˈfɪdɪˌæs)

—n
	5th century bc, Greek sculptor, regarded as one of the greatest of sculptors. He executed the sculptures of the Parthenon and the colossal statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the World: neither survives in the original

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—*adj*

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