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Ictinus (; , Iktinos) was an architect active in the mid 5th century BC. Ancient sources identify Ictinus and Callicrates as co-architects of the Parthenon.
Pausanias identifies Ictinus as architect of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae. That temple was Doric on the exterior, Ionic on the interior, and incorporated a Corinthian column, the earliest known, at the center rear of the cella. Sources also identify Ictinus as architect of the Telesterion at Eleusis, a gigantic hall used in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
The artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres painted a scene showing Ictinus together with the lyric poet Pindar. The painting is known as Pindar and Ictinus and is exhibited at the National Gallery, London.
Ictinus is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 119 kilometers.Its is also the deepest crater on Mercury depth from crater floor to rim is 4.8km. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Ictinus is named for the Ancient Greek architect Ictinus, who lived in the 5th century BCE.
Usage examples of "ictinus".
On the extreme right were the Thespians under Ictinus, forming their phalanx behind Parmenion and the 400 horsemen.
At first only nervous laughter greeted him, but then Ictinus said, 'It is a bad omen, Epaminondas.
But behind the cavalry the Thespians, led by Ictinus, turned and fled from the field.