Agathocles (architect)
Agathokles ( Greek Ἀγαθοκλῆς ) was a Greek architect who worked in the middle of the 3rd century BC. Was active in Delphi . Like his father Agasikrates and his grandfather Agathon , he was an official temple architect in Delphi. It is mentioned in an inscription from the year 260/259 BC. BC (or a little earlier) mentioned. Afterwards, he was responsible for maintenance work on the Temple of Apollo VI, which had been rebuilt by his grandfather, as the successor to his late father and his grandfather.
literature
- Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Artists lexicon of antiquity . Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 10 sv Agathokles (I) (Werner Müller).
Remarks
- ↑ Corpus des inscriptions de Delphe (CID) 4, 44 = Fouilles de Delphes (FD) 3, 3, 184 = = Dittenberger, Sylloge inscriptionum Graecarum , 3rd edition, 494.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agathocles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀγαθοκλῆς (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 259 BC Chr. |