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	Chersiphron
		Chersiphron (working early 6th century BC) was an architect of Crete—"of Gnosos" in the corrupt text of Vitruvius that has survived— who was the builder of the original archaic Ionic Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Asia Minor, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in each of its three manifestations.
		Chersiphron and his son Metagenes were co-authors of a treatise on the Ionic order that they had used at Ephesus, one of the architectural and engineering treatises that were consulted by Vitruvius (De architectura book VII, preface.12).
		The third is the Doric temple of Ceres and Proserpine, at Eleusis, the cell of which was built by Ictinus, of extraordinary dimensions, for the greater convenience of the sacrifices, and without an exterior colonnade.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/Chersiphron.html (799 words)

	Chersiphron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chersiphron (6th century BC), an architect of Knossos in Crete, was the builder of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, on the Ionian coast.
		Chersiphron and his son Metagenes were co-authors of its building.
		The architect's name is recalled in Vitruvius, and in a passage of Pliny, as Ctesiphon, perhaps in confusion with the great Parthian city of that name on the Tigris.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chersiphron (156 words)

	Chersiphron - LoveToKnow 1911
		CHERSIPHRON, a Cretan architect, the traditional builder (with his son Metagenes) of the great Ionic temple of Artemis at Ephesus set up by the Greeks in the 6th century.
		Some remains of this temple were found by J. Wood and brought to the British Museum.
		This page was last modified 16:51, 28 Apr 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Chersiphron (98 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 754 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is known that Chersiphron was the architect, not of this temple, but of its predecessor, which was burnt by Hero-stratus [chersiphron].
		finding, in his Greek authorities, Chersiphron mentioned as the architect of the one, and Scopas as the architect of the other, he confused the two together.
		In no other passage is Scopas mentioned as the architect of this temple : it is generally ascribed to deinocbates : but the variations in the name of the architect warrant the conclusion, which might be drawn a priori from the magnitude of the work, that more than one architect superintended its erection.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3088.html (679 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 693 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This therefore is the date of Chersiphron, since it is to him and to his son Metagenes that the ancient writers attribute the erection of the pillars and the architrave.
		Though Pliny (like others of the ancient writers) has evidently confounded the two buildings, yet his description is valuable, since the restored temple was probably built on the same foundations and after the same general plan as the old one.
		We have also descriptions of it by Vitruvius, who took his statements from a work on the temple, which was said to have been written by the architects themselves, Chersiphron and Metagenes.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0702.html (1078 words)

	Seven Wonders of the World
		The Temple of Artemis was build in the city of Ephesus on the west coast of modern Turkey.
		It was designed by the architecht Chersiphron and his son, Metagenes.
		The foundation was approximately 200 by 400 feet, and contained a double row of over 100 columns 40 to 60 feet high.
	www.danstopicals.com /wonders.htm (380 words)

	chersiphron
		The method of Chersiphron -- which was essentially to use column...
		Metagenes very cleverly adapted Chersiphron's method by making some evolutionary...
		but their existence is recorded in Vitruvius' De Architectura: Rhoikos and Theodoros on their temple of Hera at Samos and Chersiphron and Metagenes on that of Artemis at Ephesos (both mid-6th century B.C.); Iktinos and (perhaps?) Karpion on the Parthenon...
	www.hallarchitects.com /top/sites/10/1/chersiphron.html (107 words)

	ART 002 - Group Project - Temple of Artemis
		It was built in honor of the Greek goddess Artemis and was paid for by the King of Lydia known as Croesus.
		Chersiphron was the Greek architect who designed the temple.
		He and his son Metagenes were said to be coauthors of a treatise on architectural engineering and designed it together.
	www.personal.psu.edu /bmu102/art002/group/artemis.html (810 words)

	Ephesus
		Ephesus owed its chief renown to its temple of Artemis (Diana), which attracted multitudes of visitors.
		Its first architect was the Cretan Chersiphron (seventh to sixth century B.C.) but it was afterwards enlarged.
		It was situated on the bank of the River Selinus and its precincts had the right of asylum.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/e/ephesus.html (1610 words)

	the Temple of Artemis
		That earliest temple contained a sacred stone, probably a meteorite, that had "fallen from Jupiter." The shrine was destroyed and rebuilt several times over the next few hundred years.
		By 600 B.C., the city of Ephesus had become a major port of trade and an architect named Chersiphron was engaged to build a new large temple.
		Concerned that carts carrying the columns might get mired in the swampy ground around the site, Chersiphron laid the columns on their sides and had them rolled to where they would be erected.
	www.pilotfriend.com /world_facts/world/art_temp.htm (1526 words)

	VnExpress - Den tho nu than Artemiss o Ephesus
		Tục truyền rằng công trình này do kiến trúc sư Chersiphron đảm nhận, sau này ông nghĩ đến chuyện tự vẫn khi đối mặt trước vấn đề nâng cao rầm đỡ ở lối ra vào.
		Ý tưởng này do con trai của Chersiphron là Metagenes đề; xuất, sao cho các tảng đá trang trí đầu cột vuông góc có thể di chuyển theo cách tương tự, mỗi đầu cột đều bọc trong bánh xe bằng gỗ khổng lồ.
		Trong khi phương pháp của Chersiphron chưa từng áp dụng ở nơi khác, thì ngôi đền đồ sộ này quả thật là chứng cứ cho sự khéo léo, tài tình của ông.
	www.vnexpress.net /Vietnam/Van-hoa/Nhin-ra-The-gioi/2004/11/3B9D8F38 (1001 words)

	Temple of Artemis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		That earliest Hellenic temple contained not only the fertility cult statue but also a sacred stone, probably a meteorite, that had "fallen from Jupiter." After its first building the shrine was destroyed and rebuilt several times.
		Around 600 B.C. Ephesus engaged an architect named Chersiphron to build a new and larger temple.
		The architect was concerned that the carts carrying the columns might get mired in the swampy ground of the site had the columns laid on their sides and rolled to where they would be erected.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /WestCivI/temple_of_artemis.htm (493 words)

	Paper 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Croesus of Lydia commissioned a Greek named Chersiphron to design the magnificent temple and adjoining altar court.
		On the day of the festival of Artemis, the goddess’s birthday, people from all over the city would carry the statue of the goddess out from her temple and down Harbour Street to the theater, where she could watch performances, and then return her to the temple to watch sacrifices.
		The architect, Chersiphron was very much involved in the day to day activities of constructing the temple, and had many different roles of architect, engineer, and construction supervisor.
	www.public.asu.edu /~sbeaird/pages/paper1/Paper_1.html (1063 words)

	CHERSIPHRON - Encyclopedia Britannica - CHERSIPHRON - JCSM's Study Center
		CHERSIPHRON - Encyclopedia Britannica - CHERSIPHRON - JCSM's Study Center
		CHERSIPHRON, a Cretan architect, the traditional builder (with his son Metagenes) of the
		Ionic temple of Artemis at Ephesus set up by the Greeks in the 6th century.
	www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/CHA_CHR/CHERSIPHRON.html (244 words)

	more images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Dating back to 550 BC, it was supported by 127 columns, and was 4 times larger than the Parthenon.
		It was designed by the architect Creton Chersiphron, and its rumored that construction took almost 120 years.
		It was burnt down the same night that Alexander the Great was born.
	www.ephesians-bible-study.org /more-pics.html (233 words)

	Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - Crystalinks
		He said that the pre-Ionic inhabitants of the city were Leleges and Lydians.
		The Temple was designed and constructed around 550 BC by the Cretan architect Chersiphron and his son Metagenes.
		This early construction was built at the expense of Croesus, the wealthy king of Lydia.
	www.crystalinks.com /templeofartemis.html (1013 words)

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		It was said to be the most beautiful temple in existence.
		Some say however that the temple was built by an architect named Chersiphron and his son, Metagenes, while others say they merely conceived it.
		In this temple was a 40 foot high state of Diana.
	aboutfacts.net /Ancient3.htm (996 words)

	seven
		Set in a corner of the palace fortifications and towering over the famous Ishtar Gate (decorated with blue-enameled reliefs of bulls and dragons) was a 7-m-high (23-ft) wall on which trees had presumably been planted, creating what would have been a majestic view visible to anyone entering on the Processional Way.
		The Artemision, or Temple of Artemis (Diana), at Ephesus in Ionia was famous since c.560 BC, when a monumental temple was erected by Chersiphron and his son Metagenes of Crete.
		Its base measured 115 x 55 m (377 x 180 ft), and the roofless, colonnaded interior housed a primitive statue of Artemis.
	www.kresin.com /seven.html (1178 words)

	Construction
		Vitruvius gives us a very important description of how the blocks of stone were moved from the quarry to the temple.
		Desiring to convey the shafts for the temple of Diana (Roman equivalent to Artemis) at Ephesos from the stone quarries, and not trusting to carts, lest their wheels should be engulfed on the account of great weights of the load and the softness of the roads in the plain, he tried the following plan.
		This passage shows that people during this time were amazed by the method in which buildings of this nature were constructed.
	filebox.vt.edu /users/gevans/art4384/movement.html (282 words)

	The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
		That earliest temple contained a sacred stone, probably a meteorite, that had "fallen from Jupiter." The temple was destroyed and rebuilt several times over the next few hundred years.
		Croesus proved himself a gracious winner, though, by contributing generously to the building of a new temple (also named Temple D), this temple was designed by the Greek architect Chersiphron, until the night of 21 July 356 B.C. when a tragedy, by name of Herostratus, struck.
		Shortly after this, a new temple (also named Temple E) was commissioned in the same marshy place as before.
	www.cayweb.com /7wonders/artemis.html (685 words)

	Chersiphron - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He and his son Metagenes were said to be coauthors of a treatise on architectural engineering.
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	wonder6
		The foundation of the temple dates back to the seventeenth century BC, but the temple was built somewhere around 550 BC.
		It was designed by the Greek architect Chersiphron, sponsored by the Lydian king Croesus, and was referred to as the Great Marble Temple, or Temple D. The Great Temple was decorated with lustrous, bronze statues which were sculpted by the most skilled artists that lived at the time.
		The temple was used as both a market place and a religious institution.
	k-12.pisd.edu /schools/hughston/paceweb/wonder6.htm (437 words)

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