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'''Karpion''' was an [[ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] architect and architectural theorist active in the fifth century BC. On the testimony of [[Vitruvius]] (7, praefatio 12) he and [[Iktinos]] co-authored a treatise on the proportions of the [[Parthenon]], the major [[Perikles|Periklean]] Temple of Athena on the [[Acropolis of Athens]].
'''Karpion''' was an [[ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] architect and architectural theorist active in the fifth century BC. On the testimony of [[Vitruvius]] (7, praefatio 12) he and [[Iktinos]] co-authored a treatise on the proportions of the [[Parthenon]], the major [[Perikles|Periklean]] Temple of Athena on the [[Acropolis of Athens]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Burford |first=Alison |date=1963 |title=The builders of the Parthenon |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/826893 |journal=Greece & Rome |volume=10 |pages=23–35 |via=JSTOR}}</ref>


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Karpion was an ancient Greek architect and architectural theorist active in the fifth century BC. On the testimony of Vitruvius (7, praefatio 12) he and Iktinos co-authored a treatise on the proportions of the Parthenon, the major Periklean Temple of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens.[1]

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  1. ^ Burford, Alison (1963). "The builders of the Parthenon". Greece & Rome. 10: 23–35 – via JSTOR.