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Phidias or
Pheidias (/ˈfɪdiəs/;
Ancient Gr****: Φειδίας, Pheidias; c. 480 – c. 430 BC) was an
Ancient Gr**** sculptor, painter, and architect,
active in...
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Pentila phidia, the
Ghana pentila, is a
butterfly in the
family Lycaenidae. It is
found in
central and
eastern Ivory Coast,
Ghana and Togo. The habitat...
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giant seated figure,
about 12.4 m (41 ft) tall, made by the Gr****
sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the
sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and
erected in the Temple...
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After classical Gr****
sculptor Phidias (c. 490–430 BC); Barr
later wrote that he
thought it
unlikely that
Phidias actually used the
golden ratio. The...
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Leptomyrina phidias is a
butterfly in the
family Lycaenidae. It is
found on
Madagascar and Réunion. The
habitat consists of
rocky areas with rupicolous...
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Elder in
conflating another more
minor sculptor from Sikyon, a
disciple of
Phidias, with
Polykleitos of Argos.
Pausanias is
adamant that they were not the...
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human form in
literature and art. The
Statue of Zeus at Olympia, made by
Phidias around 435 BC, was a
giant chryselephantine statue (made of gold and ivory)...
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Phidias is a
crater on Mercury. Its name was
adopted by the
International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976.
Phidias is
named for the Gr****
artist Phidias...
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humanists of his time, who
compared him to such
illustrious names as Cimabue,
Phidias and Praxiteles.
Pisanello is
known for his
resplendent frescoes in murals...
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order of
Pericles during the so-called
Golden Age of
Athens (460–430 BC).
Phidias, an
Athenian sculptor, and
Ictinus and Callicrates, two
famous architects...
