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“Heracles,” marble statue produced in the workshop of Phidias, from the eastern &elipsis; [Credit: Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co.
Ltd.]
(flourished &circa; 490–430 &BC;, Athens, Greece) Greek sculptor. Placed in charge of the great building program initiated by
Pericles in Athens, he supervised and probably designed the overall sculptural decoration of the
Parthenon. He also created its most important religious images, including the colossal statue of the Athena Parthenos (438–436 &BC;). Many of the Parthenon's sculptures (the
Elgin Marbles) are now in the British Museum. Ancient writers considered his masterpiece to be the statue of Zeus (&circa; 430 &BC;) for the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. He initiated the idealistic Classical style that distinguishes Greek art in the later 5th and 4th centuries &BC;.
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