Mnesikles
Mnesikles (Latin transliteration: Mnesicles) was an ancient Athenian architect active in the mid 5th century BC, the age of Pericles. Plutarch (Pericles, 13) identifies him as architect of the Propylaea, the Periclean gateway to the Athenian Acropolis.
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Mnesikles
- Born
- Mnesikles was born on 1 January 500 BC. · Athens.
- Died
- Mnesikles died in 460 BC.
- Nationality
- Classical Athens
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Mnesikles (Latin transliteration: Mnesicles) was an ancient Athenian architect active in the mid 5th century BC, the age of Pericles. Plutarch (Pericles, 13) identifies him as architect of the Propylaea, the Periclean gateway to the Athenian Acropolis.
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- 1.Getty Publications. Panorama of the Classical World. 343–. 1 March 2011. 978-1-60606-056-8.
- 2.Fred S. Kleiner. Gardner's Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective. Cengage Learning. 149–. 8 January 2009. 978-0-495-57360-9.
- 3.P. J. Heslin. The Transvestite Achilles: Gender And Genre In Statius' Achilleid. Cambridge University Press. 199–. 11 August 2005. 978-0-521-85145-9.
- 4.John Willoby Roberts. City of Sokrates: An Introduction to Classical Athens. Psychology Press. 160–. 18 June 1998. 978-0-415-16778-9.
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