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Pytheas
Pytheas was a Greek navigator, geographer, and astronomer from Massalia, the ancient city corresponding to Marseille, who traveled during the fourth century BCE. His lost account described Britain, northern European coasts, tidal behavior, and a remote northern region called Thule. Although his work survives only through quotations and summaries by later authors, it is an important early Mediterra...
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Ictinus
Active in the fifth century BCE, Ictinus was an ancient Greek architect associated with major temple building. He is credited with designing the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis alongside Callicrates, within the building program overseen by the sculptor Phidias. Ancient sources also identify him as an architect of the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, although the surviving evidence offers...
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