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	Rhodes
		Rhodes, Greek Ροδος (Rhodos), is the largest of the Dodecanese islands, and easternmost of the major islands of Greece in the Aegean Sea.
		Rhodes Coin with Helios, 4th century BC In 408 BC the cities united to form one territory, and built a new capital on the northern end of the island, the city of Rhodes: its regular plan was superintended by the Athenian architect Hippodamus.
		But their rule was also short and Rhodes became a part of the growing empire of Alexander the Great in 332 BC after he defeated the Persians, to the great relief of the citizens of Rhodes.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Cities/Rhodes.html (892 words)

	Egyptvoyager.com: Alexander the Great
		Such was his enthusiasm that he could not wait to begin the work and he himself designed the general layout of the town, indicating the position of the market place and the temples and which gods they should serve, the gods of Greece and Egypt, and the exact limits of the defences".
		Working with the architect Deinocrates of Rhodes, the stonemason Numenios and a technical adviser named Hyponomos, Alexander also planned the site of the royal palace and even worked out a complex system of underground drains and sewers.
		As their former pro-Persian leaders were delivered to him for judgement, Alexander despatched them south to the Greek garrison at Aswan, accompanied by Callisthenes whom Alexander sent southward to investigate Aristotle's theory that the annual Nile flood was a result of rains to the south.
	www.egyptvoyager.com /articles_alexanderinegypt_02.htm (878 words)

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		Deinocrates of Rhodes (sometimes spelled Dinocrates; working last quarter of the 4th century BC) was a Greek architect and technical adviser for Alexander the Great.
		Around 332 BC Alexander appointed him director of surveying and urban planning work for the city of Alexandria, which was laid out on a grid plan that was influential in Hellenistic city planning.
		Deinocrates is noted by Vitruvius, in the only surviving architectural treatuise from Antiquity, for his plan to sculpt in the flank of Mount Athos a colossal sculture of Alexander, holding a small city in one hand and with the other, emptying a river into the sea.
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Deinocrates_of_Rhodes (323 words)

	TMTh:: DEINOCRATES OF RHODES
		Deinocrates accompanied Alexander the Great on his expedition, as a technical advisor.
		Deinocrates worked closely with Crates of Olynthus, the finest hydraulic engineer of the period, who designed and built a magnificent system of canals and waterworks for the city.
		Deinocrates' design called for Alexander to hold an entire city in one hand and in the other an enormous wine pitcher, from which a river would pour down to the sea.
	www.tmth.edu.gr /en/aet/6/34.html (346 words)

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	www.e-paranoids.com /d/de/deinocrates_of_rhodes.html (127 words)

	Codex Reperio: The Great Tao doth provide
		Much more to write in days to come, but so far Im set up in my own wonderful apartment 5 minutes from the sea so there is plenty of everything for all.
		A salute to Deinocrates of Rhodes, committee president of the "Found Alexandria" project.
		Will be coming up to Cairo for a week next week, and I'm definately fitting in a day or 2 of Alex - need a dose of sun and sea....
	arthur.nomadlife.org /2005/09/great-tao-doth-provide.html (238 words)

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		The element of propaganda was also important and not only were new cities founded, but established cities were also transformed with new designs and monumental architecture to provide visually impressive townscapes.
		Deinocrates of Rhodes was Alexander the Great's architect, responsible for building the new city of Alexandria in Egypt.
		Hellenistic town plans continued to use a grid system as the quickest and most convenient method of establishing a new city, which resulted in a greater degree of uniformity in town plans.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=HLAG0516 (259 words)

	Rome: Total War Heaven: Memphis and Alexandria
		The top level was about 50 ft., and was crowned by a statue of Zeus the Savior.
		This new city on the Mediterranean coast, designed by Deinocrates of Rhodes, was built on a strip of land between Lake Maroitis and the sea.
		It consisted of a network of streets lying at right angles to one another, embellished with many impressive buildings, of which some as still standing today.
	rtw.heavengames.com /history/civs/2005/04/28/memphis_and_alexandria (698 words)

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