Phidias
From LSJ
Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Φειδίας, -ου, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Phīdĭas: (first syll. short, Aus. Epigr 12, 1), ae, m., = Φειδίας,
I a famous sculptor, contemporary with Pericles, who made the celebrated statue of Jupiter Olympius, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 146; id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; id. Brut. 73, 257; id. Rep. 3, 32, 44; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 49; Quint 10, 12, 8 sq.—Acc. Phidian, Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54.—Hence,
II Phīdĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phidias, Phidian: caelum, Mart. 6, 13, 1: manus, Stat. S. 2, 2, 66: ebur, Juv. 8, 103.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Phīdĭās,¹⁴ æ, m. (Φειδίας), le plus célèbre des sculpteurs grecs : Cic. Ac. 2, 146
