How to use Ictinus in a sentence
They were executed in the time of Pericles, the temple having been built by Ictinus, the architect of the Parthenon.
Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II) | Charles BuckeIctinus was celebrated for the magnificent temples which he erected to the heathen gods.
According to Pausanias, they were the work of Ictinus, a contemporary of Phidias.
Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II) | Charles BuckeThe next two nests discovered were both those of the Kite (Milvus Ictinus), each on a lofty pine.
Wild Spain (Espaa agreste) | Abel ChapmanIn one of them, for instance, Ictinus confides to the reporter that he was born in the shadow of the Parthenon.
British Dictionary definitions for Ictinus
/ (ɪkˈtaɪnəs) /
5th century bc, Greek architect, who designed the Parthenon with Callicrates
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