Ictinus
E13959
Ictinus was a 5th-century BC Athenian architect renowned as one of the principal designers of the Parthenon and other major Classical Greek temples.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iktinos | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian
ⓘ
ancient Greek architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Athens
ⓘ
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae ⓘ
surface form:
Bassae
Eleusis ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Classical Greek architecture
ⓘ
Doric order ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Apollo Epicurius
ⓘ
Athena Parthenos ⓘ |
| citizenship | Athens ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Callicrates
ⓘ
Phidias ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| culture | Classical Greek ⓘ |
| designed |
the Parthenon
ⓘ
surface form:
Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis
Telesterion at Eleusis ⓘ
surface form:
Telesterion (initiation hall) at Eleusis
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae ⓘ
surface form:
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae in Arcadia
|
| employer | Periclean building program ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Pericles
ⓘ
surface form:
Periclean Age
|
| fieldOfWork | temple architecture ⓘ |
| floruit | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| genre | religious architecture ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
Acropolis of Athens
ⓘ
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae ⓘ
surface form:
Bassae
Eleusis ⓘ |
| influenced | later Classical Greek architects ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Doric temple traditions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
major contributions to the Acropolis of Athens
ⓘ
precision of proportion in temple design ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
ⓘ
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ
surface form:
Plutarch’s Life of Pericles
|
| notableWork |
the Parthenon
ⓘ
surface form:
Parthenon
Telesterion at Eleusis ⓘ Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| role | principal designer of the Parthenon ⓘ |
| subjectOf | ancient Greek architectural treatises (lost or fragmentary) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Classical period of Ancient Greece ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Parthenon
this entity surface form:
Iktinos