Anthemius of Tralles

[ an-thee-mee-uhs uhv tral-eez ]

noun

1. c474–c534, Greek mathematician and architect, active in Lydia.

Example Sentences

The building, commissioned by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and designed by architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus, was inaugurated in 537 and for centuries stood as the largest church in the Christian world, with a dome that soared more than 160 feet off the floor.

From Washington Post

Scarce had Constantinople begun to recover after the sedition from the stupor of its alarm, and the affrighted citizens to steal back from the Asiatic shore to which they had fled in terror with their families and their most valuable effects, when Justinian commissioned Anthemius of Tralles to prepare the plans of the new basilica, on a scale of magnificence till then unknown.

From Project Gutenberg

He chose as his architect Anthemius of Tralles, the greatest of Byzantine builders, and one of the few whose names have survived.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact, as early as the 6th century the mathematician and architect Anthemius of Tralles suggested that Archimedes had used a large hexagonal mirror.

From Time Magazine Archive

The architects employed were Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, and the problem they had to solve was that of carrying a dome 107 ft. in diameter on four arches.

From Project Gutenberg