Philon of Eleusis

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Philo of Eleusis was a Greek architect in the second half of the 4th century BC. Chr.

Two buildings are ascribed to Philo in ancient literature: first, that between 347 and 329 BC. Built a large ship arsenal, the Skeuothek , in the port of Athens , Piraeus , and between 317 and 307 BC. Chr. Added porch at the Telesterion of Eleusis . Philo appears to have been both a practical architect and an architectural theorist, having written a treatise on the proportions of the Greek temple and leaving comments on his construction of the Skeuothek. Both writings - now lost - are mentioned by Vitruvius , who also assigns the building of the porch at Telesterion to Philon. According to Cicero , Philo is said to have explained the theory of his buildings with great eloquence, which Cicero attributed not so much to his ability as an architect as as a speaker.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscriptiones Graecae (IG) II² 1668 ; Christoph Höcker : Metzler Lexicon of Ancient Architecture. 2nd edition Metzler, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-476-02294-3 , p. 219; Werner Müller: Architects in the ancient world . Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-7338-0096-6 , pp. 73 ff., 189-199.
  2. ↑ Vitruvius 7, pref. 17th
  3. ↑ Cicero, De oratore , 1, 14, 62.

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SURNAME Philon of Eleusis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient greek architect
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.