Ictinus

Family: Greek · Role: architect · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 41

In Book 8, Chapter 41, Ictinus is described as a contemporary of Pericles and as the architect of the Parthenon at Athens. At Phigalia, he built the temple of Apollo the Helper; the account says the temple was distinguished for the beauty of its stone and the neatness of its structure.

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Life events

• Ictinus built the temple of Apollo the Helper.(Book 8 · Chapter 41 · 📍 Phigalia)
  • “Ictinus the builder of the temple at Phigalia was a contemporary of Pericles”

Book 8 · Chapter 41

• with Pericles (Ictinus and Pericles were contemporaries.) “Ictinus the builder of the temple at Phigalia was a contemporary of Pericles, and the architect of what is called the Parthenon at Athens.”
• with Apollo (Ictinus built the temple of Apollo the Helper at Phigalia.) “Ictinus the builder of the temple at Phigalia was a contemporary of Pericles, and the architect of what is called the Parthenon at Athens.”
• with Apollo (Ictinus was the builder of Apollo's temple at Phigalia.) “This temple would stand first of all the temples in the Peloponnese, except that at Tegea, for the beauty of the stone and neatness of the structure. And Apollo got his title of Helper in reference to a pestilence, as among the Athenians he got the title of Averter of Ill because he turned away from them some pestilence. He helped the Phigalians about the time of the Peloponnesian war, as both titles of Apollo shew plainly, and Ictinus the builder of the temple at Phigalia was a contemporary of Pericles”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.