Theodorus of Samos

Theodorus of Samos in Wikipedia

Theodorus of Samos (Greek: Θεόδωρος ο Σάμιος) was a 6th century BC ancient Greek sculptor and architect from the Greek island of Samos. Along with Rhoecus, he was often credited with the invention of ore smelting and, according to Pausanias, the craft of casting. He is also credited with inventing a water level, a carpenter's square, and, according...

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Theodōrus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

Of Samos, son of Rhoecus. In conjunction with his father, he erected the labyrinth of Lemnos (Pliny , Pliny H. N. xxxvi. 90), and advised the laying down of a layer of charcoal as part of the foundation of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Diog. Laert. ii. 103). He is said to have lived for a long time in Egypt, where he and his brother Telecles le...

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