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Phidiac, a.|ˈfaɪdɪæk| Also Pheidiac. [ad. L. Phīdiac-us, Gr. ϕειδιακός, f. ϕειδίας, Phīdias.] Of, pertaining to, or like the work of Phidias, the most famous sculptor of ancient Greece. So Phiˈdiacan a.; also ˈPhidian (ˈPheidian) a.
1809Byron Bards & Rev. liii, Let Aberdeen and Elgin..Waste useless thousands on their Phidian freaks. 1823― Juan xiii. cx, Phidian forms cut out of marble. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit. xi. 271 Features that explain the Phidian sculpture. 1883Century Mag. XXVII. 175 Throughout all the works of Pheidiac art which have come down to us. 1885F. B. Van Vorst Without a Compass 8 He had endeavoured to breathe into that most refractory of all materials..Phidiacan forms. |