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Chersiphron (fl.c.560 bc). Crete-born architect (with Theodoros of Samos) of the foundations and colonnades of the archaic Ionic temple of Artemis at Ephesus (c.565–550 bc). His son, Metagenes, continued the work and erected the entablature. These architects wrote a treatise (now lost) on the temple.

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Ashmole (1972);
Coulton (1977);
Dinsmoor (1950);
Lawrence (1983)
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Chersiphron , fl. 6th cent. BC, Cretan architect. According to tradition he was the builder of the original archaic Ionic temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Asia Minor (550 BC). He and his son Metagenes were said to be coauthors of a treatise on architectural engineering.

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Newspaper article from: National Forum; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...of how the contractors and engineers Chersiphron, Metagenes, and his son Paconius used...quarry to building site. The method of Chersiphron -- which was essentially to use column...architraves. Metagenes very cleverly adapted Chersiphron's method by making some evolutionary...
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Magazine article from: New Statesman; 3/10/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...from father to son, often lost entirely if the son died young. In 560BC, a pair of real-life craftsmen-magicians, Chersiphron and his son Metagenes, came by on their way from Knossos to build the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders...

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