Jan 3, 2010
Article abstract: Greek architect{$I[g]Greece;Eupalinus of Megara} Eupalinus was the architect of the tunnel and aqueduct on the island of Samos that bear his name. Probably built for the tyrant Polycrates in the sixth century b.c.e., they still stand today as monuments to the engineering skills of the Greeks of the archaic period.
Eupalinus (ew-PAW-lee-nuhs), the son of Naustrophos, was from the Greek city-state of Megara, in the district of Megaris, located between Athens and Corinth. No details of his life have been preserved, but much can...
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