Phidias
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Phidias (c. 480 BCE – c. 420s BCE) was a Greek sculptor, painter and architect who lived during the 5th century BCE. He was known for creating the colossal statue of Athena which stood the middle of the Akropolis Sanctuary and the Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon in Athens. His Statue of Zeus in the Temple of Zeus within the Sanctuary of Olympia was one of the Wonders of the World.
Biography
In 435 BCE, Phidias finished the work on the Statue of Zeus in the Sanctuary of Olympia.[1]
In 431 BCE, the Spartan misthios Kassandra learned that the Cult of Kosmos wanted Phidias dead.[2] When she reached Athens and met Perikles, he asked her to help Phidias escape the polis. Kassandra escorted Phidias to the island of Seriphos.[3]
Sometime later, Phidias moved on from Seriphos, and by 428 BCE was back in Sanctuary of Olympia, working again in his workshop. There, he met Kassandra again, paranoid at the constant threat the Cult posed. He had received a Spartan scytale and asked for Kassandra's help to decode the message. He tasked Kassandra to look for the symbol on the Statue of Zeus in the Temple of Zeus. However once that symbol had been decoded they mystery only unraveled further. The coded message referenced other statues, which Kassandra agreed to travel to and help decode all the messages.[4] The other statues were located in Kythera, Thasos, and Samos. They were of Aphrodite, Theagenes, and Poseidon respectively. Once Kassandra had found all the symbols she returned to Phidias.[5]
During the time that Kassandra was searching for the symbols, Phidias was interrogated and tortured by Deimos for information on the mysterious symbols. The only things Phidias was able to say about them was "Itira! Korgath! Metin!" for that was all he was able to glean in the short time he had studied them. Unsatisfied with his constant blubbering, Deimos beat the sculptor to death.[6]
Legacy
Upon returning from her task, Kassandra discovered Phidias to be brutally murdered. She lamented that she shouldn't have left him alone.[7]
Trivia
- Historically, Phidias died in 430 BCE after being imprisoned by political enemies of Perikles, in Athens. Alternatively, it was said that he was put to death by the Eleans after he had completed the Statue of Zeus for them.
Gallery
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Phidias working on a statue in his workshop in Sanctuary of Olympia -
Phidias' hand being stabbed by Deimos
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Serpent's Lair
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Escape from Athens
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Message, the Stick, and the Artist
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Art Leading Life
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Three Symbols Entombed
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Pieces of the Puzzle