About Karpion
Karpion was a Greek architect.
Karpion was an ancient Greek architect and architectural theorist active in the fifth century BC. On the testimony of Vitruvius (7, praefatio 12) he and Iktinos co-authored a treatise on the proportions of the Parthenon, the major Periklean Temple of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens.
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Who was Karpion?
fifth-century BC Greek architect
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Karpion was an architect.
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