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Phidian

[ fid-ee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of, associated with, or following the style of Phidias, as exemplified in the Parthenon.


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Other Words From

  • post-Phidi·an adjective
  • pre-Phidi·an adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Phidian1

First recorded in 1800–10; Phidi(as) + -an
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Example Sentences

The other great Phidian ideal, that of Athena, was represented by several statues, both in Athens and in other cities.

It is true that full drapery seems more consistent with the dignified and august figures of Phidian art.

Like the Phidian Zeus his proportions are all the more majestic for the distance which rounds over any venial defect.

These are the entelechy of Phidian Genius; and who but must see these in Chantreys solar face, and in all his manners?

But this is only a farmer's criticism,—a Crispin feeling the bunions on some Phidian statue.

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