PHIDIAS

of Athens, the famous Greek sculptor, was born about 490 B.C., and lived in the time of Pericles. Among his works were three statues of Athena (in the Acropolis of Athens when Pausanius.lived), one of which was in bronze, another (more famous) in ivory and gold, and a third in bronze, called the ' beautiful,’ on account of its perfect proportions. One colo al statue by Phidias, of Jupiter at Olympia, ranked for its beauty as a wonder of the world. was destroyed by fire, at Constantinople, in 475 A.D.