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Callicrates (kəlĭk`rətēz), 5th cent. B.C., Greek architect. In association with Ictinus Ictinus , fl. 2d half of 5th cent. B.C., one of the greatest architects of Greece. His celebrated work is the Parthenon (447–432 B.C.) upon the acropolis at Athens, which he built with the architect Callicrates as associate.
..... Click the link for more information. he built (447–432 B.C.) the Parthenon Parthenon [Gr.,=the virgin's place], temple sacred to Athena, on the acropolis at Athens. Built under Pericles between 447 B.C. and 432 B.C., it is the culminating masterpiece of Greek architecture. ..... Click the link for more information. at Athens. At Athens also he designed (c.427) the Temple of Nike. Callicrates 5th century bc, Greek architect: with Ictinus, designed the Parthenon Callicrates (Kallikrátēs), Greek architect of the mid-fifth century B.C. Callicrates worked in Athens. He participated in the buildingof the so-called long walls and in the fortification of the easternpart of the Acropolis walls. He also built the Parthenon(447_ 438 B.C., together with Ictinus) and the small Ionic-styleTemple of Athena Nike (planned 449 B.C., finished c. 420 B.C.)on the Acropolis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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