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Ictinus

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Ictinus (; Greek: Ἰκτῖνος, Iktinos) was an architect active in the mid 5th century BC. Ancient sources identify Ictinus and Callicrates as co-architects of the Parthenon. He co-wrote a book on the project – which is now lost – in collaboration with Carpion. Pausanias identifies Ictinus as architect of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae. That temple was Doric on the exterior, Ionic on the interior, and incorporated a Corinthian column, the earliest known, at the center rear of the cella. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ictinus is the 38th most popular architect (down from 34th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Greece (down from 114th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Architect.

Ictinus is most famous for designing the Parthenon.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ictinus ranks 38 out of 518. Before him are Carlo Maderno, Henry van de Velde, Rem Koolhaas, I. M. Pei, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and Peter Behrens. After him are Jørn Utzon, Hippodamus of Miletus, Tadao Ando, Vladimir Tatlin, Kenzō Tange, and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Ictinus ranks 13. Before him are Xerxes II of Persia, Brennus, Zeuxis, Artemisia I of Caria, Ajatashatru, and Myron. After him are Cyrus the Younger, Cratylus, Sogdianus of Persia, Meton of Athens, Pleistarchus, and Brasidas.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Ictinus ranks 127 out of 1,024. Before him are Philomena (291), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Scopas (-395), Phaedrus (-20), and Lysias (-445). After him are Necho II (-625), Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Nestor (null), Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325), and Antiphon (-480).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Greece

Among architects born in Greece, Ictinus ranks 1. After him are Callicrates (-470), Mnesikles (-500), Dinocrates (-400), Aristobulus of Cassandreia (-375), Callimachus (-500), and Anastasios Metaxas (1862).

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