Anthemius and tralles and isidorus of miletus

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

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