biography
pronunciation:
[fiydias]
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| male
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| lived:
| (5th-c BC)
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| biography:
| The greatest sculptor of Greece, born in Athens. He received from Pericles a commission to execute the chief statues for the city, and became superintendent of all public works. He constructed the Propylaea and the Parthenon, carving the gold and ivory ‘Athena’ there and the ‘Zeus’ at Olympia. Charged by his enemies with appropriating gold from the statue, he disappeared from Athens, presumably into exile. |
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