person
Phidias
also: Phidias
The great Athenian sculptor (5th c. BC); Seneca uses his finished statue to show that the maker's true fruit is the completed work, not its sale.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §2.33.1 Phidias
The Athenian sculptor of the Zeus at Olympia and the Athena Parthenos; his finished statue figures the benefit complete in itself.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §1.9.5 Phidias
Phidias (c. 480–430 BC), the supreme sculptor of classical Athens, maker of the colossal Zeus at Olympia and the Athena Parthenos; Seneca's type of the master craftsman.