Phidias
480 BC - Phidias was born.
- Phidias designed the temple of the goddess Athena on the Athenian Acropolis and the colossal seated Statue of Zeus at Olympia in the 5th century BC.
447 BC - The Athenian works were apparently commissioned by Pericles. Pericles used the money from the maritime League of Delos to pay Phidias for his work.
- Hegias of Athens, Ageladas of Argos, and the Thasian painter Polygnotus, have all been regarded as his teachers.
- One is Agoracritus who is also known for his sculpture of Nemesis at Rhamnus.
430 BC - According to Plutarch he was made an object of attack by the political enemies of Pericles, and died in prison at Athens.
- Phidias designed the temple of the goddess Athena on the Athenian Acropolis and the colossal seated Statue of Zeus at Olympia in the 5th century BC.
447 BC - The Athenian works were apparently commissioned by Pericles. Pericles used the money from the maritime League of Delos to pay Phidias for his work.
- Hegias of Athens, Ageladas of Argos, and the Thasian painter Polygnotus, have all been regarded as his teachers.
- One is Agoracritus who is also known for his sculpture of Nemesis at Rhamnus.
430 BC - According to Plutarch he was made an object of attack by the political enemies of Pericles, and died in prison at Athens.
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