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Ictinus

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Ictinus (; Greek: Ἰκτῖνος, Iktinos) was an architect active in the mid 5th century BC. Ancient sources identify Ictinus and Callicrates as co-architects of the Parthenon. He co-wrote a book on the project – which is now lost – in collaboration with Carpion.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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ictinus has received more than 84,630 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ictinus is the 34th most popular architect (up from 37th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Greece (up from 127th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Architect.

Ictinus is most famous for designing the Parthenon.

Memorability Metrics

  • 85k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ictinuses by language

Over the past year Ictinus has had the most page views in the with 10,809 views, followed by Greek (7,069), and Spanish (7,044). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (164.20%), Occitan (79.35%), and Cebuano (60.10%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ictinus ranks 34 out of 518. Before him are Henry van de Velde, André Le Nôtre, Adolf Loos, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Peter Behrens, and Carlo Maderno. After him are Tadao Ando, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Rem Koolhaas, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Hippodamus of Miletus, and I. M. Pei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Ictinus ranks 9. Before him are Leucippus, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Xanthippe, Ezra, Artemisia I of Caria, and Brennus. After him are Cratylus, Cyrus the Younger, Xerxes II of Persia, Pāṇini, Nicias, and Sogdianus of Persia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Ictinus ranks 114 out of 1,024. Before him are Necho II (-625), Arion (-700), Polycrates (-600), Scopas (-395), Pheidippides (-600), and Phaedrus (-20). After him are Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Lysias (-445), Phryne (-371), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), and Cratylus (-500).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Greece

Among architects born in Greece, Ictinus ranks 1. After him are Callicrates (-470), Mnesikles (-500), Dinocrates (-400), Aristobulus of Cassandreia (-375), Callimachus (-500), and Anastasios Metaxas (1862).

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