ICTINUS

ictinus, the architect of the parthenon at athens, of the hall of the mysteries at eleusis, and of the temple of apollo at bassae, near phigalia. he was thus active about 450-430 b.c. we know little else about him; but the remains of his two great temples testify to his wonderful mastery of the principles of greek architecture. ida (d. 559), king of bernicia, became king in 547, soon after the foundation of the kingdom of bernicia by the angles. he built the fortress of bebbanburh, the modern bamborough, and after his death his kingdom, which did not extend south of the tees, passed in turn to six of his sons. the surname of "flame-bearer," sometimes applied to him, refers, however, not to ida, but to his son theodric (d. 587). see j. r. green, _making of england_, vol. i. (london, 1897).