Rhoikos

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Rhoikos was an early 6th-century BC Greek architect renowned for designing one of the first monumental Ionic temples, the Temple of Hera on Samos.

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Rhoikos canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek architect
activeInCentury 6th century BC
architectOf Temple of Hera on Samos
associatedWithDeity Hera
associatedWithPlace Heraion sanctuary on Samos
contributedTo development of monumental Ionic architecture
countryOfCitizenship Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
ethnicGroup Greek
fieldOfWork temple architecture
floruit early 6th century BC
genre religious architecture
hasHistoricalContext early monumentalization of Greek sanctuaries
hasLegacy considered among the earliest known named Greek architects
credited with one of the first large-scale Ionic temples
hasWorkType peripteral temple
stone temple
influenced later Ionic temple design
knownFor Temple of Hera on Samos
designing an early monumental Ionic temple
mentionedIn ancient literary sources on Samos (e.g., later authors reporting earlier traditions)
notableWork Heraion of Samos
occupation architect
partOf Archaic Greek architecture
regionOfActivity Aegean Sea region
style Ionic order
timePeriod Archaic period of Ancient Greece
usedArchitecturalElement Ionic columns
colonnade
entablature
usedMaterial marble (at least in elements)
stone
workLocation Heraion of Samos sanctuary
Samos

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Temple of Hera (Samos) associatedWith Rhoikos
subject linked to: Temple of Hera