Hippias (architect)
Hippias ( ancient Greek Ἱππίας ) was a 2nd century Greek architect .
He is mentioned in the work published under the name of Lukians Hippias or the bath ( Ἱππίας ἢ Βαλανεῖον , "Hippias e balaneion"), in which he appears as a contemporary of Lukians (about 120-180). He is presented as the architect of the thermal baths described there, but it is only presented superficially without going into technical details. According to the scriptures, Hippias was not only an architect, he also emerged as a mechanic, musician, astronomer, geometer and rhetorician.
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literature
- Ernst Fabricius : Hippias 18. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 2, Stuttgart 1913, Col. 1712 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Rainer Vollkommer : Hippias (II). In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 320 f.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hippias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἱππίας |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century or 3rd century |