Kallikrates

Architecture and Landscaping: Callicrates

C5 bc Athenian architect, responsible with Ictinus for the Greek Doric temple known as the Parthenon (447–436), and on his own (probably) for the small Ionic temple of Nikè Apteros (c.450–424) on the Bastion outside the Propylaea. He supervised part of the construction of the walls between Athens and Piraeus, and may have restored the Athenian city-walls themselves.

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Carpenter (1970)
Dinsmoor (1950)

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Classical Literature Companion: Callicratēs

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Callicratēs, Greek architect of the fifth century BC, associated with Ictinus and Pheidias in the building of the Parthenon.

Columbia Encyclopedia: Callicrates

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Callicrates (kəlĭk'rətēz) , 5th cent. B.C., Greek architect. In association with Ictinus he built (447–432 B.C.) the Parthenon at Athens. At Athens also he designed (c.427) the Temple of Nike.

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This article is about the ancient Greek architect. For the Cretan village, see Kallikratis.

Kallikrates (also spelled Callicrates) was an ancient Greek architect active in the middle of the fifth century BCE. He and Iktinos were architects of the Parthenon (Plutarch, Pericles, 13) ^[1]. An inscription identifies him as the architect of "the Temple of Nike" in the Sanctuary of Athena Nike on the Acropolis (IG I³ 35). The temple in question is either the amphiprostyle Temple of Athena Nike now visible on the site ^[2] or a small-scale predecessor (naiskos) whose remains were found in the later temple's foundations.^[3]. An inscription identifies Kallikrates as one of the architects of the Classical circuit wall of the Acropolis (IG I³ 45), and Plutarch further states (loc cit) that he contracted to build the Middle of three amazing walls linking Athens and Piraeus.

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^ Roth, Leland M. (1993). Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and Meaning (First ed.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press. pp. 203. ISBN 0-06-430158-3.
^ Roth, Leland M. (1993). Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and Meaning (First ed.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press. pp. 200. ISBN 0-06-430158-3.
^ Mark, Ira S. (1993). The Sanctuary of Athena Nike in Athens: Architectural Stages and Chronology. Princeton.

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