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Iktinos is a member of the Builder Track.
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Iktinos was a member of the Builder and Retro tracks until December 2013.
  
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:The western entrance of Arx Nivea.
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|\    /ENDING his way up the path from the mason's yard,|
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|o\/\/o| arms laden with a stack of parchment scrolls,  |
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:=:====: you see a young man who is dressed in the      |
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|(| clothes of a long-gone civilisation.                |
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|)|                                                    |
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:=:====:                                                |
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|o|__|IS hair is jet black and, like his clothes and    |
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|o|  |o| skin, it is covered in a fine coating stone    |
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:=:====: dust.  The sound of the mason's hammers at    |
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|(| work upon a great stone column affects his pace as  |
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|)| he labours up the steps to the work site atop the  |
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|(| Akropolis.                                          |
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|)|                                                    |
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:=:====:                                                |
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|\    /ITH furrowed brow and blue eyes locked unseeing  |
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|o\/\/o| upon the way ahead, he frets about the great  |
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:=:====: effort underway, and whether or not it will    |
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|(| ever be completed.                                  |
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:=:=====================================================:
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|()/\LMOST nothing is known about the ancient Greek    |
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|o/--\o| architect Iktinos.  He was active from 450 -  |
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:=:====: 430 B.C. and designed the Hall of Mysteries    |
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|(| at Eleusis, the Temple of Apollo at Bassae          |
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|)| and, with Kallikrates,  ___________________________|
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|(| the Parthenon at Athens. |        __-"""-__        ||
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|)|                          | __---""_________""---__ ||
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|=:====:                    | []_[]_[]_[]_[]_[]_[]_[] ||
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|o|\ |ONE of his works are  | || || || || || || || || ||
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|o| \|o| intact, bar the    | || || || || || || || || ||
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|=:====: Temple of Hephaestus| || || || || || || || || ||
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|(| in Athens, which survived|=========================||
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|)| the years due to its use |_________________________||
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|(| as a Christian church.                              |
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|:=:====================================================:
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Iktinos is using:
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<used as light>      a simple clay oil lamp
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<worn on finger>    a simple ring of twisted silver
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<worn around neck>  a Talisman of Crom
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<worn on body>      an exomis
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<worn on head>      a scratched pair of wire-framed spectacles
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<worn on legs>      a thin patina of stone dust and dirt
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<worn on feet>      a dusty pair of travel-worn leather sandals
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<worn on hands>      ink stains and callouses
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<worn on arms>      a tooled leather armband bearing the motif of a griffon in flight
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<worn about body>    a chlamys, pinned at the shoulder with a sturdy fibulae
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<worn about waist>  a thin linen belt tied in a reef knot
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<worn on wrist>      a bracelet of twisted silver
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<worn on wrist>      a bracelet of twisted silver
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<held>              a stack of hastily written notes
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[[Category:Retired Staff]][[Category:Builder Team]]

Latest revision as of 08:59, 15 July 2015

Iktinos was a member of the Builder and Retro tracks until December 2013.


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The western entrance of Arx Nivea.
:======:================================================:
|\    /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.                              |
|:=:====================================================:

Iktinos is using:
<used as light>      a simple clay oil lamp
<worn on finger>     a simple ring of twisted silver
<worn around neck>   a Talisman of Crom
<worn on body>       an exomis
<worn on head>       a scratched pair of wire-framed spectacles
<worn on legs>       a thin patina of stone dust and dirt
<worn on feet>       a dusty pair of travel-worn leather sandals
<worn on hands>      ink stains and callouses
<worn on arms>       a tooled leather armband bearing the motif of a griffon in flight
<worn about body>    a chlamys, pinned at the shoulder with a sturdy fibulae
<worn about waist>   a thin linen belt tied in a reef knot
<worn on wrist>      a bracelet of twisted silver
<worn on wrist>      a bracelet of twisted silver
<held>               a stack of hastily written notes