Kallikrates

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) [cite book | first=Leland M. | last=Roth | year=1993 | title=Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and Meaning | edition=First | publisher=Westview Press | location=Boulder, CO | id=ISBN 0-06-430158-3 | pages=203] . 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 [cite book | first=Leland M. | last=Roth | year=1993 | title=Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and Meaning | edition=First | publisher=Westview Press | location=Boulder, CO | id=ISBN 0-06-430158-3 | pages=200] or a small-scale predecessor (naiskos) whose remains were found in the later temple's foundations. [cite book | first=Ira S. | last=Mark | year=1993 | title=The Sanctuary of Athena Nike in Athens: Architectural Stages and Chronology | location=Princeton] . 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.

See also

* Iktinos

References