Callicrates

Callicrates or Kallikrates (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) was an ancient Greek architect active in the middle of the fifth century BC. He and Ictinus were architects of the Parthenon (Plutarch, Pericles, 13).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> An inscription identifies him as the architect of "the Temple of Nike" on the Acropolis of Athens (IG I³ 35). The temple in question is either the amphiprostyle Temple of Athena Nike now visible on the site<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> or a small-scale predecessor (naiskos) whose remains were found in the later temple's foundations.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

An inscription identifies Callicrates as one of the architects of the Classical circuit wall of the Acropolis (IG I³ 45), and Plutarch further states (loc. cit.) that he was contracted to build the middle of three defensive walls linking Athens and Piraeus.

A crater on the planet Mercury was named in his honor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sources

• Plutarch, Pericles 13