(Χερσίφρων; Chersíphrōn) from Cnossus. Father of Metagenes; these two being the architects of the archaic dipteros of Artemis at Ephesus (2nd half of the 6th cent. BC), as recorded in Strabo (14,640), Vitruvius (3,2,7) and Pliny (HN 7,125; 36,95). Both of them wrote about this temple in a work which was evidently still known to Vitruvius (Vitr. De arch. 7,1,12), and is one of the earliest formulations of ancient architectural theory ( Architecture, theory of); through his development of a device based on rollers, for the transport of large and/or he…
Chersiphron(170 words)
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Höcker, Christoph (Kissing), “Chersiphron”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e232330>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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