Callicrates
Callicrates or Kallikrates (/kəˈlɪkrəˌtiːz/; Greek: Καλλικράτης [Kaliˈkratis]) was an ancient Greek architect active in the middle of the fifth century BC. He and Ictinus were architects of the Parthenon (Plutarch, Pericles, 13).[1] An inscription identifies him as the architect of "the Temple of Nike" on the Acropolis of Athens (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 Callicrates as one of the architects of the Classical circuit wall of the Acropolis (IG I3 45), and Plutarch further states (loc. cit.) that he was contracted to build the middle of three defensive walls linking Athens and Piraeus.
A crater on the planet Mercury was named in his honor.[4]
References
- ^ 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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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Callicrates". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
Sources
- Plutarch, Pericles 13
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- Pelasgic wall
- Hekatompedon
- Older Parthenon
- Old Temple of Athena
- Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia
- Chalkotheke
- Pandroseion
- Arrephorion
- Altar of Athena Polias
- Eleusinion
- Sanctuary of Pandion
- Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus
- Odeon of Pericles
- Frankish Tower
- Choragic Monument of Nikias
- Klepsydra
- Church of Panagia Atheniotissa
- Temple of Roma and Augustus
- Parthenon mosque
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- Athena Parthenos
- Parthenon Frieze
- Athena Promachos
- Metopes of the Parthenon
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- Korai of the Acropolis of Athens
- Antenor Kore
- Euthydikos Kore
- Kritios Boy
- Kore 670
- Peplos Kore
- Moschophoros
- Mourning Athena
- Nike Fixing her Sandal
- Persian Rider
- Procne and Itys
- Lemnian Athena
- Athena Marsyas Group
- Nike of Callimachus
- Three-Bodied Daemon
- Achaemenid destruction of Athens
- Sack of Athens (267 AD)
- Siege of the Acropolis (1687)
- Siege of the Acropolis (1821–1822)
- Siege of the Acropolis (1826–1827)
- Perserschutt
- Moria
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