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Deinocrates of Rhodes

Deinocrates of Rhodes (Sometimes spelled "Dinocrates") (aprx. 3rd century BC - 2nd century) was a Greek architect and technical adviser for Alexander the Great. Around 332_BC Alexander appointed him director of surveying and urban planning work for the city of Alexandria. He was aided by Crates of Olynthus , an esteemed Hydraulic Engineer who built the waterworks for the city. He also worked on, among other things, an incompleted funerary monument for King Phillip of Macedonia.

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