Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ayyukan farko na Phidias sun kasance sadaukarwa a cikin tunawa da Marathon
, suna murnar nasarar Girka. Aikinsa na farko shi ne rukuni na jaruman ƙasa tare da Miltiades a matsayin babban mutum. A Delphi ya kirkiro babban rukuni a tagulla ciki har da siffofin gumakan Girka Apollo da Athena, da yawa daga cikin jaruman Attic, da Janar Miltiades the Younger. A Acropolis na Atina, Phidias ya gina wata babbar sifar tagulla ta Athena, "Athena Promachos", wadda ake gani daga teku. Athena ita ce allahiyar hikima da mayaƙa kuma mai kāre Athens. A Pellene a Achaea, da kuma a Plataea, Phidias ya yi wasu mutum-mutumi biyu na Athena, da kuma mutum-mutumi na allahiya Aphrodite a cikin hauren giwa da zinariya ga mutanen Elis.