CHERSIPHRON  , a Cretan architect, the traditional builder (with his son Metagenes) of the

great Ionic temple of Artemis at Ephesus set up by the Greeks in the 6th century . Some remains of this temple were found by J . T . Wood and brought to the British Museum . In connexion with the pillars, which are adorned with archaic reliefs, a fragmentary inscription has been found, recording that they were presented by King Croesus, as indeed Herodotus informs us . This temple was burned on the day on which Alexander the Great was born .