Phidias, greek architect, little is known about his life, grew up in Athens during the golden years of Pericles, designed the Parthenon which is the greatest ancient building of the greek era, Phidias designed the building and sculpted the legendary 40 foot tall gold, Athena statue called Athena Parthenos located inside the the Parthenon, he was helped by a couple of other un-named sculptors, the statue was supposedly stolen by the Romans when the they conquered Greece, it is one of the biggest mysteries of the ancient world, Phidias also designed the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the seven wonders of the world, he was a brilliant man, many people have tried to replicate his work through out the centuries, Phidias is one of the greatest architects in the history of the civilized world.