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Hippodamus (hĭpŏd`əməs), fl. 5th cent. B.C., Greek architect, b. Miletus. He was the first to plan cities according to geometric layouts. For Pericles he remodeled Piraeus (the port of Athens). He also planned (408) the city of Rhodes and went with the Athenian colonists to replan (c.440) the new city of Thurii in Italy. Other cities of the ancient world followed his methods.

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No references found			So the Athenians, when they were founding their model new colony at Thurii, employed Hippodamus of Miletus, whom Aristotle mentions in Book II, as the best expert in town-planning, to plan the streets of the city, and Protagoras as the best expert in law-making, to give the city its laws. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context Diomed son of Tydeus slew them both and stripped them of their armour, while Ulysses killed Hippodamus and Hypeirochus. The Iliad by Homer View in context			hipped dormer hipped end hipped gable hipped roof hipped-gable roof hipped-plate construction Hippel, Theodor Gottlieb von HiPPI Hippias Hippidea hippies Hippius, Zinaida Hippius, Zinaida Nikolaevna Hippius, Zinaida Nikolayevna Hippo Regius Hippoboscidae hippocampal sulcus hippocampus Hippocrateaceae Hippocrates Hippocrates Lunes Hippocrates of Chios Hippocratic oath Hippocrene hippocrepiform Hippodamus hippodrome Hippoglossidae hippogriff Hippokrateia Festival Hippology Hippolyta Hippolyte Hippolyte Taine Hippolytus Hippolytus, Saint Hippolytus, St. Hippomedon Hippomenes Hippomenes and Atalanta Hippomorpha Hipponax hippopede Hippophae Hippophaë Hippopotamidae hippopotamus Hipposideridae Hippotraginae Hippuric Acid Hippuris			Hippocratic oath Hippocratic oath Hippocratic oath Hippocratic oaths Hippocratic oaths Hippocratic oaths Hippocratic school of medicine Hippocratic school of medicine Hippocratic school of medicine hippocratic sounds hippocratic sounds hippocratic sounds hippocratic sounds hippocratic succussion sound Hippocratism Hippocrene Hippocrene Hippocrepian Hippocrepiform Hippocrepiform Hippocrepis Hippocrepis comosa Hippocrite Hippocrite Hippocrite Hippodame Hippodamea Hippodameía Hippodamia Hippodamia convergens Hippodamus Hippodamus of Miletus hippodrome hippodrome hippodrome Hippodrome, London hippodromes hippodromes Hippoglossidae Hippoglossoides Hippoglossoides platessoides Hippoglossus Hippoglossus hippoglossus Hippoglossus stenolepis Hippoglossus stenolepsis hippogriff hippogriff hippogriffs hippogriffs hippogryph hippogryph hippogryphs hippogryphs hippoid Hippoidea Hippokrateia Festival Hippokrates Hippokrates Hippokrates Hippokrates of Kos Hippokrates of Kos

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