Editing Pythius of Priene (section)

{{Short description|Greek architect of the 4th century BCE}}
{{other uses|Pythius (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Temple of Athena & Acropolis, Priene (2).jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Temple of Athena Polias (Priene)|Temple of Athena Polias]] at [[Priene]] ]]

'''Pythius''' ({{langx|el|Πύθιος}}), also known as '''Pytheos''' ({{langx|el|Πυθεός}}) or '''Pythis''', was a [[Architecture of Ancient Greece|Greek architect]], [[Architectural theory|architecture theorist]], and [[Ancient Greek sculpture|sculptor]] of the 4th century BC. He designed the [[Temple of Athena Polias (Priene)|Temple of Athena Polias]] at [[Priene]] and the [[Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]], which was regarded in antiquity among [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World|the Seven Wonders of the World.]] It is presumed that he came from the Greek city of [[Priene]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=J. J.|first=Pollitt|title=Art in the Hellenistic Age|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1986|isbn=978-0521276726|pages=243}}</ref>  The first-century BC [[Roman Architecture|Roman architect]] [[Vitruvius]] called Pythius a "celebrated builder" (''de Architectura'' I.1.12) and referenced [[Vitruvius#Lists of names given in Book VII Introduction|lost treatises on architecture]] written in [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] by Pythius as sources for his [[Latin]] architecture manual ''[[De architectura|de Architectura]]'' (I.1.15).<ref>[[Banister Fletcher]], ''A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method'', p.31</ref>