Phidias

500–432 BC
Built statues of Athene in the Parthenon and Jupiter at Olympia. Friend of Pericles.

Other Resources

Story Links	Book Links
Statesman and His Friends  in	Pictures from Greek Life and Story  by  Alfred J. Church
Age of Pericles  in	The Story of the Greeks  by  H. A. Guerber
Phidias in	Back Matter  by  books/horne/artists/_back.html
City of Athens  in	The Story of Greece  by  Mary Macgregor
Last Words of Pericles  in	The Story of Greece  by  Mary Macgregor
With Chisel and Pencil  in	Stories of the Ancient Greeks  by  Charles D. Shaw
Age of Pericles  in	The Story of the Greek People  by  Eva March Tappan

Image Links
Phidias (completing the Parthanon)  in The Story of the Greeks	Inside the Parthenon, Thiersch  in Famous Men of Greece	Pericles visiting the studio of Phidias, Le Roux  in Famous Men of Greece
Phidias' Statue of Minerva in the Parthenon  in Greatest Nations - Greece	Pericles and Aspasia at the Studio of Phidias  in Greatest Nations - Greece	The figure of the goddess was a colossal one.  in The Story of Greece
The Birds Deceived  in Stories of the Ancient Greeks