Pytheos

Ruins of the Temple of Athena in Priene

Pytheos , also Pythis , (* approx. 390 BC; † in the last quarter of the 4th century) was a Greek architect and sculptor .

Well-known buildings of Pytheus were the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus and the Temple of Athena in Priene . The entire Hellenistic- Ionic temple architecture was influenced by Pytheos' buildings and was based on his model in terms of structure and proportions. Pytheos also wrote theoretical writings, including a book on the mausoleum, which were later used by Vitruvius .

literature

Wolf Koenigs : Pytheos, a mythical figure in ancient building history. In: Building planning and building theory of antiquity , discussions on archaeological building research 4, Berlin 1984, pp. 89–94
Wolfram Hoepfner : Pytheos. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , pp. 334–338.

personal data
SURNAME	Pytheos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek architect
DATE OF BIRTH	around 390 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	4th century BC Chr.