Xenophon (architect)
Xenophon ( ancient Greek Ξενοφῶν Xenophṓn ) was an ancient Greek architect from the Athens polis . It came from the Demos Perithoidai . Attributable works have not been preserved from him. Today, it is only by a written by him Syngraphe known where he manufacturing bases for consecrated tripods on cynosarges - gymnasium in the Demos Diomeia describes. The inscription was reconstructed by Wilhelm Dörpfeld . You and with it the creative period of Xenophon goes to the middle of the 4th century BC. Dated.
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literature
- Werner Müller: Xenophon (I). In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 960.
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| SURNAME | Xenophon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ξενοφῶν (ancient Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Attic-Greek architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century or 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th century or 3rd century BC Chr. |