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'''Iktinos''' (also '''Iktinus''' or '''Ictinus''') was an architect active in the mid [[5th century BC]], who, together with [[Kallikrates]] designed the [[Parthenon]] (447–432 BC) in [[Athens]], [[Greece]].

Little is known about the life of Iktinos, most contemporary information being based on the writings of [[Plutarch]].

The most complete surviving example of Iktinos's work is the [[Temple of Hephaestus]] in Athens, which has been preserved almost intact as a result of having been a Christian Church. It is a [[Doric order|Doric]] temple.

Iktinos is also believed to have designed the [[temple of Apollo at Bassae]], the first known use of a [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] column, and also the [[Telesterion]] shrine of [[Eleusis]], a gigantic hall used in the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]].

The artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres painted a scene showing Iktinos together with the lyric poet [[Pindar]] - the painting is known as ''Pindar and Ictinus'' and is exhibited at the National Gallery, London.

==References==
*F. E. Winter (1980) "Tradition and innovation in Doric design: the work of Iktinos" ''in'' American Journal of Archaeology, Issue 4, pp 399 - 416.

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See also: [[Kallikrates]]

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