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.