Ictinus

M. ictinus, three young, on May 2nd; M. migrans, three eggs, on May 10th.

The origin of the drama, Æschylus, Susarion, Cratinus; the growth of sculpture, Pheidias, Ictinus, the building of the Parthenon, of the temple of Theseus,—all this is a blank in his narrative.

Thus the builders of the Madeleine in Paris thought, I suppose, they were copying the Parthenon, whereas they knew nothing whatever about the art of Ictinus.

It was curious to compare them mentally with the marble quarries of Pentelicus from which Ictinus carved the Parthenon and Pheidias the Fates.

The example was set by the architect of the building itself, Ictinus, who wrote a special treatise on his masterpiece.