Co-founding the Alpha Rho
Chi Fraternity with the
Anthemios Chapter at the
University of Illinois-Urbana,
the Iktinos Chapter was
formally installed at the
University of Michigan on
June 5, 1914.
Our Chapter is named after
Iktinos (or Iktious),
an Athenian architect of
the fifth century B.C.
He was involved with Phidias,
Kallikrates and others
assisting Pericles in the
execution of great public works.
With Kallikrates, he designed
the Parthenon,
the unrivaled culmination
of Greek Architecture,
which was completed in 418
B.C.
Iktinos was also the architect
of the beautiful temple
of Apollo Epicurius at Cassae,
near Philagalia in Arcadia,
and the Shrine of Eleusis
in which the mysteries were celebrated.
The Iktinos Chapter shares
its cadencey mark with Anthemios,
as we share the title of
Founding Chapter.
The Three Prong Rake represents
the first born.
To differentiate between
the different schools,
the Iktinos Chapter Three
Prong Rake is placed
at the sinister (left of
wearer) location
while the Anthemios Chapter
cadency mark is placed
in the dexter (right of
wearer) position.
The Iktinos Chapter places
the label
in the Second Quarter of
the Crest
over the white Rose to designate
the feature that Iktinos
contributed to the Coat of Arms.
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