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

Etymology

Origin of Phidian

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

Example Sentences

The wan Phidian face was turned toward them, and was breathless in its anxious eagerly questioning expression.

From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

We should build parks that students from afar  Would choose to starve in, rather than go home — Fair little squares, with Phidian ornament —  Food for the spirit, milk and honeycomb.

From The Little Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets by Rittenhouse, Jessie Belle

The Phidian idol of gold and ivory, into which a demon had entered, overthrown, and the worshippers gazing on it with a scorn unmixed with pity!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various

Every part of its exterior was adorned with Phidian sculpture; and within stood the statue of Athênê herself, in ivory and gold, by the same master hand.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

"Still," I answered, "the ancients, who understood such matters, did manufacture some tolerable female statues: the Fates of the Parthenon, the Phidian Pallas, the Venus of Milo."

From Hauntings by Lee, Vernon