Dinocrates of Rhodes Presentation by Patrick Kirkner The

Dinocrates of Rhodes Presentation by Patrick Kirkner

The Basics • Can be referred to by a number of names. • Dinocrates, Deinocrates, and Deinokrates, which translate to “Marvel Master” 1 • Cheirocrates, which translates to “Hand Master” 1 • Stasicrates • An architect who studied under Hippodamus, the planner of Piraeus and Rhodes. 2 • Proposed to build a city on Mount Athos that incorporated a colossus of Alexander. • Was tasked by Alexander to survey and plan the city of Alexandria.

The Basics • Can be referred to by a number of names. • Dinocrates, Deinocrates, and Deinokrates, which translate to “Marvel Master” 1 • Cheirocrates, which translates to “Hand Master” 1 • Stasicrates • An architect who studied under Hippodamus, the planner of Piraeus and Rhodes. 2 • Proposed to build a city on Mount Athos that incorporated a colossus of Alexander. • Was tasked by Alexander to survey and plan the city of Alexandria.

Dinocrate présente à Alexandre son projet pour le Mont Athos by Jean-Baptiste Corneille 17 th Century French painting retrieved from artnet. com

The Colossus of Mount Athos by Johann Bernhard Fischer Von Erlach Image retrieved from alchetron. com

Map by Dr. Judith Mc. Kenzie Image retrieved from roger-pearse. com

Entrance to the Tomb at Amphipolis, unearthed in 2012 (Hephaestion’s Tomb? ) Photograph from theamphipolistomb. com

References 1. Who’s Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander’s Empire by Waldemar Heckel, published by Wiley. Blackwell, 2006 2. “The story of cities, part 1: how Alexandria laid foundations for the modern world”, by Jack Shenker, published on theguardian. com, 14 March 2016 3. de Architectura, Book II, by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, English translation by Joseph Gwilt, 1826, hosted on penelope. uchicago. edu 4. “Greek tomb was ‘for Alexander the Great’s friend Hepaestion’”, bbc. com, 1 October 2015