Little is known about the life of Iktinos, most contemporary information being based on the writings of Plutarch.
The most complete surviving example of Iktinos's work is the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, which has been preserved almost intact as a result of having been a Christian Church. It is a Doric temple.
Iktinos is also believed to have designed the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, the first known use of a Corinthian column, and also the Telesterion shrine of Eleusis, a gigantic hall used in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
The artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres painted a scene showing Iktinos together with the lyric poet Pindar - the painting is known as Pindar and Ictinus and is exhibited at the National Gallery, London.
References
F. E. Winter (1980) "Tradition and innovation in Doric design: the work of Iktinos" in American Journal of Archaeology, Issue 4, pp 399 - 416.
His celebrated work is the Parthenon (447-432 BC) upon the acropolis at Athens, which he built with the architect Callicrates as associate.
Ictinus also built the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, near Phigalia, c.430 BC and is said to have rebuilt the Telesterion at Eleusis.
Greek statesman Pericles (c.495-429 B.C.), artisans such as Ictinus and Phidias produced such monuments as the Parthenon and the Propylaea on the Acropolis in Athens.
The ancient Greek contemporaries Ictinus, Callicrates, and Phidias, are jointly credited in the creation of the Parthenon, in Athens, during the rule of Pericles, circa -440.
Although nothing is known about his life or artistic personality, Iktinos, along with Kallikrates, acted as the architect of the Parthenon, according to Plutarch.
Ictinus and Callicrates with Phidias at Archiplanet —
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