Libon (architect)
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Libon was a 5th-century BC architect of Ancient Greece. Born in Elis, he built the Doric Temple of Zeus at Olympia in about 460 BC.Template:Sfn[1][2] Libon, through his work on the Temple, is said to have inspired the technique and design of the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis – though this was obviously later and more perfected.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- ↑ Pausanias, v. 10.3.
- ↑ Pheidias translated John Galen Howard reprint 2005- Page 229 "While at Olympia, I kept an eye / On the relations of the architect, Libon, who built the temple, with his aids, Paeonius and Alcamenes, the sculptors; And much admired the way the architect / Succeeded in attaining unity,"