Ictinus

[ik-tahy-nuhs]

noun

1. flourished mid-5th century b.c., Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.

Ictinus

/ ɪkˈtaɪnəs /

noun

1. 5th century _bc , Greek architect, who designed the Parthenon with Callicrates

Example Sentences

M. ictinus, three young, on May 2nd; M. migrans, three eggs, on May 10th.

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The origin of the drama, Æschylus, Susarion, Cratinus; the growth of sculpture, Pheidias, Ictinus, the building of the Parthenon, of the temple of Theseus,—all this is a blank in his narrative.

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Thus the builders of the Madeleine in Paris thought, I suppose, they were copying the Parthenon, whereas they knew nothing whatever about the art of Ictinus.

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It was curious to compare them mentally with the marble quarries of Pentelicus from which Ictinus carved the Parthenon and Pheidias the Fates.

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The example was set by the architect of the building itself, Ictinus, who wrote a special treatise on his masterpiece.

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