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490 BCE
Phidias is born
Phidias was born in Athens, Greece. -
Period: 490 BCE to 479 BCE
Persian Wars
Phidias was born during the Persian Wars. -
447 BCE
Athena Parthenos
king Pericles asked Phidias to make a sculpture for the Parthenon. -
Period: 447 BCE to 432 BCE
rebuilding of the Acropolis
Phidias was tasked with rebuilding the Acropolis temples. -
432 BCE
Zeus at Olympia
Phidias made the statue of Zeus at the temple of Olympia