Libon (architect)

For other uses, see Libon.

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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes

1. Chisholm 1911.
2. Pausanias, v. 10.3.
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,"

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Libon". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.