Ictinus

[ ik-tahy-nuh s ]

/ ɪkˈtaɪ nəs /

flourished mid-5th century b.c., Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.

Example sentences from the Web for ictinus

Ictinus was celebrated for the magnificent temples which he erected to the heathen gods.

Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) |Shearjashub Spooner
According to Pausanias, they were the work of Ictinus, a contemporary of Phidias.

Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II) |Charles Bucke
In one of them, for instance, Ictinus confides to the reporter that he was born in the shadow of the Parthenon.

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, No. 10, October 1895. |Various
The next two nests discovered were both those of the Kite (Milvus ictinus), each on a lofty pine.

Wild Spain (Espaa agreste) |Abel Chapman

They were executed in the time of Pericles, the temple having been built by Ictinus, the architect of the Parthenon.

Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II) |Charles Bucke

Ictinus

/ (ɪkˈtaɪnəs) /

5th century bc, Greek architect, who designed the Parthenon with Callicrates