Chersiphron (; grc-gre, Χερσίφρων; fl. 6th century BC), an architect of
Knossos in
ancient Crete, was the builder of the
Temple of Artemis at
Ephesus
Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in t ...
, on the
Ionian coast.
The original temple was destroyed in the 7th century BC, and about 550 BC Chersiphron and his son
Metagenes began a new temple, the ''Artemision'', which became one of the
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in each of its three manifestations. It was burned by
Herostratus in July 356 BC
[ and rebuilt again.
The architect's name is recalled in Vitruvius, and in a passage of Pliny as "]Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon ( ; Middle Persian: 𐭲𐭩𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭭 ''tyspwn'' or ''tysfwn''; fa, تیسفون; grc-gre, Κτησιφῶν, ; syr, ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢThomas A. Carlson et al., “Ctesiphon — ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modi ...
", perhaps in confusion with the great Parthian city of the same name on the river Tigris.
References
Notes
Citations
External links
William Smith, ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology''
1870: "Chersiphron"
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Ancient Greek architects
Ancient Cretan architects
6th-century BC Greek people
Ancient Knossians
Ephesus