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Chersiphron
Sign in to savethumb|150px|Model of the Temple of Artemis at [[Ephesus]] Chersiphron (; ; fl. 6th century BC) was a Greek architect from Knossos in ancient Crete who designed the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The original temple was destroyed in the 7th century BC, and about 550 BC Chersiphron and his son Metagenes began a new temple, the Artemision, which became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in each of its three manifestations. It was burned by Herostratus in July 356 BC and rebuilt again.
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Vinony's link graph records 10 inbound references to Chersiphron, and connects out to Ancient Greek, Tigris and Pliny the Elder.
It is catalogued under topics including 6th-century BC architects, 6th-century BC Greek people and Ancient Cretan architects.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Place of birth
- Knossos
- Child
- Metagenes
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Notable work
- Temple of Ephesian Artemis
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of death
- 0600-01-01
- time period
- classical antiquity
- date of birth
- 0550-00-00
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thumb|150px|Model of the Temple of Artemis at [[Ephesus]] Chersiphron (; ; fl. 6th century BC) was a Greek architect from Knossos in ancient Crete who designed the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The original temple was destroyed in the 7th century BC, and about 550 BC Chersiphron and his son Metagenes began a new temple, the Artemision, which became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in each of its three manifestations. It was burned by Herostratus in July 356 BC and rebuilt again.
The architect's name is recalled in Vitruvius, and in a passage of Pliny as "Ctesiphon", perhaps in confusion with the great Parthian city of the same name on the river Tigris.
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