Metagenes — Temple of Artemis · Aristotree

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Metagenes

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Summary

Metagenes was a man in ancient Crete, son of the Greek Cretan architect Chersiphron, and was also an architect himself.

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Collaborator and successor in the temple construction project
Metagenes worked alongside his father Chersiphron and later with Paeonius to advance the complex engineering required for the temple's massive columns.
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Collaborator and successor on the temple project
Metagenes was the son of Chersiphron and worked alongside him to complete the construction of the Temple of Artemis.
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Collaborating architect and son of Chersiphron
Metagenes continued the construction of the Temple of Artemis after his father Chersiphron, specifically working on the difficult task of installing the massive architraves.
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