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Ancient Greek architect in Ephesos
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Male
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(Knossos)
The details
Biography
Metagenes (Greek: Μεταγένης) was a man in ancient Crete, son of the Cretan architect Chersiphron, and was also an architect.
He was co-architect, along with his father, of the construction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The architect's name is recalled in Vitruvius's De architectura.