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+ | |\ /ENDING his way up the path from the mason's yard,| | ||
+ | |o\/\/o| arms laden with a stack of parchment scrolls, | | ||
+ | :=:====: you see a young man who is dressed in the | | ||
+ | |(| clothes of a long-gone civilisation. | | ||
+ | |)| | | ||
+ | :=:====: | | ||
+ | |o|__|IS hair is jet black and, like his clothes and | | ||
+ | |o| |o| skin, it is covered in a fine coating stone | | ||
+ | :=:====: dust. The sound of the mason's hammers at | | ||
+ | |(| work upon a great stone column affects his pace as | | ||
+ | |)| he labours up the steps to the work site atop the | | ||
+ | |(| Akropolis. | | ||
+ | |)| | | ||
+ | :=:====: | | ||
+ | |\ /ITH furrowed brow and blue eyes locked unseeing | | ||
+ | |o\/\/o| upon the way ahead, he frets about the great | | ||
+ | :=:====: effort underway, and whether or not it will | | ||
+ | |(| ever be completed. | | ||
+ | :=:=====================================================: | ||
+ | |||
+ | :======:================================================: | ||
+ | |()/\LMOST nothing is known about the ancient Greek | | ||
+ | |o/--\o| architect Iktinos. He was active from 450 - | | ||
+ | :=:====: 430 B.C. and designed the Hall of Mysteries | | ||
+ | |(| at Eleusis, the Temple of Apollo at Bassae | | ||
+ | |)| and, with Kallikrates, ___________________________| | ||
+ | |(| the Parthenon at Athens. | __-"""-__ || | ||
+ | |)| | __---""_________""---__ || | ||
+ | |=:====: | []_[]_[]_[]_[]_[]_[]_[] || | ||
+ | |o|\ |ONE of his works are | || || || || || || || || || | ||
+ | |o| \|o| intact, bar the | || || || || || || || || || | ||
+ | |=:====: Temple of Hephaestus| || || || || || || || || || | ||
+ | |(| in Athens, which survived|=========================|| | ||
+ | |)| the years due to its use |_________________________|| | ||
+ | |(| as a Christian church. | | ||
+ | |:=:====================================================: | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category:Retired Staff]] |
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:======:================================================: |\ /ENDING his way up the path from the mason's yard,| |o\/\/o| arms laden with a stack of parchment scrolls, | :=:====: you see a young man who is dressed in the | |(| clothes of a long-gone civilisation. | |)| | :=:====: | |o|__|IS hair is jet black and, like his clothes and | |o| |o| skin, it is covered in a fine coating stone | :=:====: dust. The sound of the mason's hammers at | |(| work upon a great stone column affects his pace as | |)| he labours up the steps to the work site atop the | |(| Akropolis. | |)| | :=:====: | |\ /ITH furrowed brow and blue eyes locked unseeing | |o\/\/o| upon the way ahead, he frets about the great | :=:====: effort underway, and whether or not it will | |(| ever be completed. | :=:=====================================================: :======:================================================: |()/\LMOST nothing is known about the ancient Greek | |o/--\o| architect Iktinos. He was active from 450 - | :=:====: 430 B.C. and designed the Hall of Mysteries | |(| at Eleusis, the Temple of Apollo at Bassae | |)| and, with Kallikrates, ___________________________| |(| the Parthenon at Athens. | __-"""-__ || |)| | __---""_________""---__ || |=:====: | []_[]_[]_[]_[]_[]_[]_[] || |o|\ |ONE of his works are | || || || || || || || || || |o| \|o| intact, bar the | || || || || || || || || || |=:====: Temple of Hephaestus| || || || || || || || || || |(| in Athens, which survived|=========================|| |)| the years due to its use |_________________________|| |(| as a Christian church. | |:=:====================================================: