Mnesikles
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Mnesikles (; Latin transliteration: Mnesicles) was an ancient Athenian architect active in the mid 5th century BC, the age of Pericles.
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It is catalogued under topics including 5th-century BC Athenians, Ancient Greek architects and Architects from Athens.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- date of birth
- 0500-01-01
- time period
- classical antiquity
- date of death
- 0460-00-00
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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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