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Metagenes (Greek: Μεταγένης) was a man in ancient Crete, son of the Cretan architect Chersiphron, and was also an architect himself.

He was co-architect, along with his father, of the construction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The architect's name is recalled in Vitruvius's De architectura.

References

1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chersiphron" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 85.
2. Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Metagenes" .
3. Vitruvius, De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture), Book III, Chapter II.

• Ancient Greek architects
• Ancient Cretan architects
• Ephesus
• Ancient Knossians
• Temple of Artemis