Phidias
c. 480 BC – 430 BC · 50 years · Athens · Europe
Directed the Parthenon sculptures and made the Athena Parthenos and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, a Wonder of the World.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Socrates — Athenian philosopher, 10 years younger
- Sophocles — Athenian tragic playwright, 17 years older
- Pericles — Athenian statesman, 15 years older
- Hippocrates — ancient Greek physician, 20 years younger
- Aspasia — intellectual, partner of Pericles, 10 years younger
- Themistocles — Athenian statesman and admiral, 44 years older
Middle East
The world in their lifetime
- 480 BC Battle of Thermopylae — aged 0, Europe
- 479 BC Death of Confucius — aged 1, Asia
- 447 BC–432 BC Construction of the Parthenon — aged 33, Europe
- 431 BC–404 BC Peloponnesian War — aged 49, Europe
- 430 BC–426 BC Plague of Athens — aged 50, Europe