Phidias created two additional monuments to Athena, the Athena Promachos and the Lemnian Athena, on the Acropolis. He has been celebrated as the “artist/designer in chief” of the Parthenon (Whitley 344). Phidias was also known to have sculpted the pedimental marbles at both the Parthenon and Olympia.

What did Phidias invent?

Phidias, also spelled Pheidias, (flourished c. 490–430 bce), Athenian sculptor, the artistic director of the construction of the Parthenon, who created its most important religious images and supervised and probably designed its overall sculptural decoration.

What was Phidias re known for?

Phidias is most famous for his three Athenian monuments to Athena, the virgin Greek goddess of wisdom and war, as well as the statue of Zeus at the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.