Agnaptos
Agnaptos ( ancient Greek Ἀγνάπτος ) was a Greek architect who worked in the Zeus sanctuary in Olympia in the Hellenistic or Roman times .
He built a monumental portico named after him in the southeastern part of the Altis south of the stadium. It provided the background to that of Cleoitas in the 5th century BC. The system with the “start boxes” of the hippodrome was developed in Chr., At the same time it served as its entrance front.
Remnants of the complex could not be proven archaeologically. Since there is no further literary information on the columned hall or information on the spatial allocation of the launch facility to the rest of the hippodrome, the specific size of the hall remains unclear.
literature
- Ernst Fabricius : Agnaptos . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 830.
- Guido Achille Mansuelli : Agnaptos . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (editor): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 1. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1958.
- Werner Müller: Agnaptos. In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 141.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agnaptos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀγνάπτος |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 4th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 4th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr. |