Phidian

American  

[fid-ee-uhn] / ˈfɪd i ən /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• post-Phidian
  adjective
• pre-Phidian
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of Phidian

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

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Example Sentences

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Phidian

At Athens next, treading where Plato trod, For thee all triumphs of the mind of man, And Phidian hand inspired!

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by Aubrey De Vere

From the instant that on me, As a sudden beam might dart, Flashed that form which Phidian art Could not reach, I 've known no rest.—

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by Denis Florence MacCarthy

But all was gentle and aristocratic In this our party; polished, smooth, and cold, As Phidian forms cut out of marble Attic.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge

To let a Phidian colossus, with a face high-colored like a comic mask, outstrip thee!

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller

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

From Religion and Art in Ancient Greece by Ernest Arthur Gardner

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