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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Example Sentences

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

The long wall, the building of which Socrates says he heard Pericles propose to the people, was undertaken by Callicrates.

From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Wright, Dudley

After the fall of Macedonia, Callicrates denounced more than a thousand leading Achaeans who had favoured the cause of Perseus.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

The Parthenon.—Let others analyze its sculptures and explain the technical reasons why Ictinus and Callicrates, the architects, and Phidias, the sculptor, created here the supreme masterpiece for the artistic world.

From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by Davis, William Stearns

At Platæa, Callicrates was numbered among the heroes because of his looks.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar