Dinocrates
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.13|Modern engraving of Dinocrates' proposal for Mount Athos.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Macedonia
- Place of birth
- Rhodes
- Occupation
- urban planner
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- date of birth
- 0400-01-01
- date of death
- 0360-00-00
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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- Dinocrates
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- City proposal of Mount Athos
- Plan of Alexandria
- Pyre of Hephaestion
- Second Temple of Artemis
- Other works
- Legacy
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.13|Modern engraving of Dinocrates' proposal for Mount Athos.
Dinocrates of Rhodes (also Deinocrates, Dimocrates, Cheirocrates and Stasicrates; , late 4th century BC) was a Greek architect and technical adviser to Alexander the Great. He is remembered for his plan of Alexandria, the monumental funeral pyre for Hephaestion, and the reconstruction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. Ancient sources and modern historians, including Will Durant in The Story of Civilization, emphasize his role in shaping the architectural vision of Alexander’s empire.
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