Chersiphron

{{Short description|Ancient Greek architect}}

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Chersiphron ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɜːr|s|ᵻ|f|r|ɒ|n}}; {{langx|grc|Χερσίφρων}}; fl. 6th century BC), an architect of Knossos in ancient Crete, was the builder of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, on the Ionian coast.{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Chersiphron|volume=6|page=85}} The original temple was destroyed in the 7th century BC, and about 550 BC Chersiphron and his son Metagenes began a new temple, the Artemision, which became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in each of its three manifestations. It was burned by Herostratus in July 356 BC{{refn|"The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome / Outlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it."—Colley Cibber's 1699 play Richard III|group=n}} and rebuilt again.

The architect's name is recalled in Vitruvius, and in a passage of Pliny as "Ctesiphon", perhaps in confusion with the great Parthian city of the same name on the river Tigris.