Callicrates

American  

[kuh-lik-ruh-teez] / kəˈlɪk rəˌtiz /

noun

1. flourished mid-5th century b.c., Greek architect who together with Ictinus designed the Parthenon.

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Callicrates British  

/ kəˈlɪkrəˌtiːz /

noun

1. 5th century _bc , Greek architect: with Ictinus, designed the Parthenon

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Callicrates

But in doing so, they ignored the wisdom of the Parthenon's original designers, the sculptor Phidias and Architects Ictinus and Callicrates.

From Time Magazine Archive

As to the long wall, about which Socrates says that he heard Pericles bring forward a motion, Callicrates undertook to build it.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

This celebrated temple was built by Ictinus and Callicrates, two Greek architects who flourished about B. C. 430.

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub

Beneath a portico, Callicrates recited his verses; satisfied pride trembled in his voice and shone in his eyes.

From Thais by Douglas, Robert B. (Robert Bruce)

Callicrates and Myrmecides are said to have made chariots that might be covered with the wings of a fly, and to have engraved verses of Homer on a sesame seed.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch