CALLICRATES

kəlĭkˈrətēz, 5th cent. b.c., Greek architect. In association with Ictinus he built (447–432 b.c.) the Parthenon at Athens. At Athens also he designed (c.427) the Temple of Nike.

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books on: Callicrates  - 156 results

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German Tragedy in the Age of Enlightenment
Book by Robert R. Heitner; University of California Press, 1963
Subjects: German Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, German Drama--18th Century--History And Criticism
...results in his death. A comparison with Callicrates, the youthful hero of Weisse Die Befreiung...illustrate this point. Both Philotas and Callicrates are immature adolescents burning to...to do so. To this extent, indeed, Callicrates is very probably a copy of Philotas...
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From Polis to Empire, the Ancient World, C. 800 B.C.-A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by Andrew G. Traver; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: History, Ancient--Dictionaries
...Dynasty of Imperial Rome , 1990. Judith Sebesta CALLICRATES (c. 440 B.C.) Callicrates was a fifth-century Athenian architect associated...the Middle Long Wall. Little is known of Callicrates life or his specific contributions to architectural...
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Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories
Book by Craige B. Champion; University of California Press, 2004
Subjects: Civilization, Classical--Historiography, Greece--Politics And Government--To 146 B.C--Historiography, History, Ancient--Historiography, Polybius--Historiae, Rome--Politics And Government--265-30 B.C--Historiography
...Romans in parochial Achaean concerns, Callicrates and the strategos Hyperbatus stated...every Roman demand. For Polybius, Callicrates embassy to Rome not only represented...justice whenever they should go astray. Callicrates, in Polybiuss estimation, had done...
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Polybius, Rome, and the Hellenistic World: Essays and Reflections
Book by Frank W. Walbank; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: Hellenism--Historiography, History, Ancient--Historiography, Polybius, Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C--Historiography
...distinguished from his own bete noire, Callicrates; not only had he become a gutless admirer...party, he had recognised no less than Callicrates the ineluctability of Roman rule And...motives perhaps less base than those of Callicrates, or to be more correct less base than...
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The Histories of Polybius - Vol. 2
Book by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh; Macmillan, 1889
Subjects: Greece--History, History, Ancient, Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C
...speech of Lycortas. But Hyperbatus and Callicrates advised submission to the letter, and...contained in the speech of Lycortas. Callicrates of Leontium, Lydiades of Megalopolis...effect. But on their arrival at Rome Callicrates went before the Senate, and, so far...
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Nietzsche on the Cross: The Defence of Personal Freedom in the Birth of Tragedy
Journal article by Wayne A. Borody; Humanitas, Vol. 16, 2003
Subjects: Kant, Immanuel, Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, Philosophy--Research, Wagner, Richard
...aporetic/apodictic culture of logos celebrated by the ancient Greeks. Without even mentioning the likes of Hippocrates, Callicrates or Euclid, it goes without saying that the pursuit of science (episteme) was as intrinsic to the Hellenistic sensibility...
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Same-Sex Desire, Ethics and Double-Mindedness: The Correspondence of Henry Graham Dakyns, Henry Sidgwick and John Addington Symonds
Journal article by Howard J. Booth; Journal of European Studies, 2002
Subjects: Dakyns, Henry Graham--Records and correspondence, English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age)--Social aspects, Homosexuality--History, Letters (Correspondence)--Criticism and interpretation, Letters (Correspondence)--History, Letters (Correspondence)--Social aspects, Letters--Criticism and interpretation, Letters--History, Letters--Social aspects, Sidgwick, Henry--Records and correspondence, Symonds, John Addington--Records and correspondence, Victorian period literature, 1832-1901--Social aspects
...of Whitman. He began a correspondence with the American poet, and in 1872 he sent Whitman a poem from his cycle entitled Callicrates. (55) This sense of double mindedness is also stressed by Symonds in his discussions of dreams. Symonds wrote to Dakyns...


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magazine articles on: Callicrates  - 16 results

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Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 213, June 2003
Subjects: Architecture--Exhibitions, Royal Institute of British Architects--Finance, Royal Institute of British Architects--Social aspects, Victoria and Albert Museum--Finance, Victoria and Albert Museum--Social aspects
...You can register new projects on the standard form they provide. Retreating to the text search page I forlornly attempted Callicrates and then didnt bother with Ictinus. The locations page seemed not to respond although a later look revealed that you have...
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Space Exploration: Kevin Pratt on "Clip/Stamp/Fold"
Magazine article by Kevin Pratt; Artforum International, Vol. 45, May 2007
Subjects: Astronomical photography--Criticism and interpretation, Astronomical photography--Exhibitions, Outer space--Discovery and exploration, Space exploration
...as no surprise that the disillusioned draftsmen of the 60s and 70s have become the modern-day equivalents of Ictinus, Callicrates, and Phidias. One only wonders how the increasing awareness of this pervasive and compressed cycling of historical precursors...
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Browser: Sutherland Lyall Digs into the Rich Ores of Architectural Cyberspace
Magazine article by Sutherland Lyall; The Architectural Review, Vol. 213, April 2003
Subjects: Architects--Services, Architectural firms--Services, Architectural practice, Web sites--Evaluation
...Great Buildings Collection at www.greatbuildings.com/architects.html. I was thinking of giving up the Ictinus/Callicrates test on the grounds of its relative obscurity and the fact that too many people know about it. But here is triumphant vindication...
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Browser: Sutherland Lyall Ploughs through the Fertile Fields of Architectural Cyberspace
Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 213, March 2003
Subjects: Architecture--Equipment and supplies, Architecture--Study and teaching, Art and Architecture (Periodical), London's Design Museum, Online services--Evaluation
...experience with architectural practices. Theres no space here for all the topics covered and sadly a search for both our standbys Callicrates and Ictinus produced zilch. However there are lots of other goodies: one resource, the library, has articles (not just...
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What's the Point of the Past?
Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 201, February 1997
Subjects: Architecture--Social aspects, Buildings--Social aspects
...held back.(3) We have perhaps even less idea of what the temple really looked like when it was finished by Ictinus and Callicrates in the fifth century BC than Scott did of the original state of Tewkesbury Abbey. We know that it was coloured (see for...
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encyclopedia articles on: Callicrates  - 5 results

 
 
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Callicrates
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CALLICRATES k lik r tez, 5th cent. b.c., Greek architect. In association with Ictinus he built (447 432 b.c.) the Parthenon at...
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Parthenon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...under Pericles between 447 b.c. and 432 b.c., it is the culminating masterpiece of Greek architecture. Ictinus and Callicrates were the architects and Phidias supervised the sculpture. The temple is peripteral, with eight Doric columns at each end...
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Ictinus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...His celebrated work is the Parthenon (447 432 b.c.) upon the acropolis at Athens, which he built with the architect Callicrates as associate. Ictinus also built the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, near Phigalia, c.430 b.c. and is said...
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Pericles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...splendor of Athens. He became a great patron of the arts and encouraged drama and music. Under his direction Ictinus and Callicrates, Phidias and others produced such monuments as the Parthenon and the Propylaea on the Acropolis. Pericles established colonies...
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Greek Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...b.c. to 323 b.c. That incredibly productive era includes the reign of Pericles in Athens, in which the architects Callicrates , Mnesicles , and Ictinus flourished and in which the Parthenon and other great works were produced. After the passing of...


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