Metagenes () was a man in ancient Crete, son of the
Cretan architect Chersiphron, and was also an architect himself.
He was co-architect, along with his father, of the construction 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 ...
,
[ one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The architect's name is recalled in Vitruvius's '']De architectura
(''On architecture'', published as ''Ten Books on Architecture'') is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide f ...
''.[Vitruvius, ''De architectura'' (''Ten Books on Architecture''), Book III, Chapter II.]
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Ancient Greek architects
Ancient Cretan architects
Ephesus
Ancient Knossians