Ictinus

American  

[ik-tahy-nuhs] / ɪkˈtaɪ nəs /

noun

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

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Ictinus British  

/ ɪkˈtaɪnəs /

noun

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

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Ictinus

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 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 William Stearns Davis

This seems to me a very happy solution of the difficulties, and shows us Ictinus in a new light.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by J. P. Mahaffy

It is one of the many mighty works wherewith Pericles and his right-hand man Pheidias, and his architects Ictinus and Callicrates, adorned Athens.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris

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

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by J. P. Mahaffy

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