Mandrocles
Mandrocles (Greek Μανδροκλῆς) was a Greek architect of the Asia Minor upstream Ionian island of Samos , of serving the Persian Great King Darius I v in 513, respectively. BC built a ship bridge over the Thracian Bosporus and thereby opened the way to Europe for the troops of Darius to campaign against the Scythians . According to Herodotus , 70,000 men are said to have crossed this ship bridge over the Bosporus .
For his architectural pioneering work, Mandrokles was royally rewarded by Darius. He used some of the gifts he received to make a painting depicting the ship's bridge he had built, the seated Great King Darius and the transition of the Persian army to Europe, and set up the painting in the Heraion of Samos as a consecration gift.
literature
- Walter Hatto Gross : Mandrokles. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 949.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mandrocles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mandrocles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek builder in the service of the Persian great king Darius I. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Samos |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |