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(fl. 6th century a.d., in picture time loom Justinian)

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Anthemius of Tralles

5th-century Byzantine architect and mathematician

For persons of a similar name, see Anthemius (disambiguation).

Anthemius of Tralles (Ancient Greek: Ἀνθέμιος ὁ Τραλλιανός, Medieval Greek: [anˈθemiosotraliaˈnos], Anthémios o Trallianós; c. 474 – 533 x 558)^[1] was a Byzantine Greek from Tralles^[2] who worked as a geometer and architect in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. With Isidore of Miletus, he designed the Hagia Sophia for Justinian I.

Life

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Anthemius was one of the five sons of Stephanus of Tralles, a physician. His brothers were Dioscorus, Alexander, Olympius, and Metrodorus. Dioscorus followed his father's profession in Tralles; Alexander did so in Rome and became one of the most celebrated medical men of his time; Olympius became a noted lawyer; and Metrodorus worked as a grammarian in Constantinople.

Anthemius was said to have annoyed his neighbor Zeno in two ways: first, by engineering a miniature earthquake by sending steam through leather tubes he had fixed among the joists and flooring of Zeno's parlor while he was entertaining friends^[4] and, second, by simulating thunder and lightning and flashing intolerable light into Zeno's eyes from

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Anthemius of Tralles Edit Profile

Greek: Ἀνθέμιος ὁ Τραλλιανός

also known asAnthémios o Trallianós

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Anthemius of Tralles was a Greek professor of geometry and architect who was working in Constantinople. He is famous for designing the Hagia Sophia for Justinian I in collaboration with another prominent architect Isidore of Miletus.

Background

Anthemius of Tralles was born around 474 and came from an educated family that possibly lived near Aydin in southwest Turkey. He was one of five brothers - the sons of Stephanus, a physician of Tralles - who were all more or less eminent in their respective departments. One of his brothers, Metrodorus, was a man of letters; another, Olympius, was a lawyer; and two others, Dioscorus and Alexander, were physicians.

Career

Together with Isidorus of Miletus and under the patronage of Justinian, Anthemius undertook in A.D. 532 the replacing of the old church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Anthemius and Isidorus are said also to have been employed by Justinian in the repair of the flood defenses at Daras. An anecdote relates that Anthemius persecuted a neighbor and rival, Zenon, by reflecting sunlight into his house. He also produced