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Ictinus , fl. 2d half of 5th cent. BC, one of the greatest architects of Greece. His celebrated work is the Parthenon (447-432 BC) upon the acropolis at Athens, which he built with the architect Callicrates as associate. Ictinus also built the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, near Phigalia, c.430 BC and is said to have rebuilt the Telesterion at Eleusis.

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Ictinus, or Iktinos (fl. C5 bc). Distinguished architect active in Periclean Athens, he (with Callicrates) designed the Parthenon (447–432 bc), and wrote a description of the building (with Carpion) that has not survived. He prepared a scheme for the Telesterion, Eleusis (c.440 bc), and may have designed the temple of Apollo Epicurius, Bassae (c.429–c.400 BC), which was remarkable in that it had a Doric Order outside, an Ionic engaged Order (see bassae order) inside, and a Corinthian Order at the end of the naos.

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