Callicrates
Callicrates or Kallikrates (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). An inscription identifies him as the architect of "the Temple of Nike" on the Acropolis of Athens (IG I 3 35). The temple in question is either the amphiprostyle Temple of Athena Nike now visible on the site or a small-scale predecessor (naiskos) whose remains were found in the later temple's foundations.
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Callicrates
George E. Koronaios · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- 470
- Died
- 420
- Nationality
- Classical Athens
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Parthenon · Temple of Athena Nike
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Callicrates or Kallikrates (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). An inscription identifies him as the architect of "the Temple of Nike" on the Acropolis of Athens (IG I 3 35). The temple in question is either the amphiprostyle Temple of Athena Nike now visible on the site or a small-scale predecessor (naiskos) whose remains were found in the later temple's foundations.
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An inscription identifies Callicrates as one of the architects of the Classical circuit wall of the Acropolis (IG I 3 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.
On this mural are depicted the figures of (from left to right)ː Callicrates (?), Archimedes, Alexander the Great, Demetrius of Phalerum, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Straton. Painted in the 19th century by the Bavarian painter Carl Rahl and the Polish Edward Lebietski.
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420
Callicrates died at Classical Athens.
470
Callicrates born at Classical Athens.
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- 1.Roth, Leland M. Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and Meaning. Westview Press. 203. 1993. 0-06-430158-3.
- 2.Roth, Leland M. Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and Meaning. Westview Press. 200. 1993. 0-06-430158-3.
- 3.Mark, Ira S. The Sanctuary of Athena Nike in Athens: Architectural Stages and Chronology. 1993.
- 4.NASA. Callicrates. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
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