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Ictinus (ĭktī`nəs), fl. 2d half of 5th cent. B.C., one of the greatest architects of Greece. His celebrated work is the Parthenon Parthenon (pär`thənŏn) [Gr.,=the virgin's place], temple sacred to Athena, on the acropolis at Athens. ..... Click the link for more information. (447–432 B.C.) upon the acropolis Acropolis of Athens, a hill c.260 ft (80 m) high, with a flat oval top c.500 ft (150 m) wide and 1,150 ft (350 m) long, was a ceremonial site beginning in the Neolithic Period and was walled before the 6th cent. B.C. by the Pelasgians. ..... Click the link for more information. at Athens, which he built with the architect Callicrates Callicrates (kəlĭk`rətēz), 5th cent. B.C., Greek architect. In association with Ictinus he built (447–432 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. as associate. Ictinus also built the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, near Phigalia, c.430 B.C. and is said to have rebuilt the Telesterion at Eleusis. Ictinus 5th century bc, Greek architect, who designed the Parthenon with Callicrates 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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Still the time honoured tests of Ictinus and Callicrates came up trumps with five views of the Parthenon. No, since you were going to ask, there's no Callicrates or Ictinus which is just as well since this is about contemporary Edinburgh architecture and not the old stuff. Materiality happily produced no result but then neither did Ictinus or Callicrates. |
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