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Karpion

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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.[1]

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  1. ^ Burford, Alison (1963). "The builders of the Parthenon". Greece & Rome. 10: 23–35 – via JSTOR.