Mnesikles (Ancient Greek: Μνησικλῆς; Latin transliteration: Mnesicles) was an ancient Athenian architect active in the mid 5th century BC, the age of Pericles.[1]

Plutarch (Pericles, 13) identifies him as architect of the Propylaea, the Periclean gateway to the Athenian Acropolis.[2][3][4]

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  1. ^ Nigel Spivey; Michael Squire (1 March 2011). Panorama of the Classical World. Getty Publications. pp. 343–. ISBN 978-1-60606-056-8. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  2. ^ Fred S. Kleiner (8 January 2009). Gardner's Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective. Cengage Learning. pp. 149–. ISBN 978-0-495-57360-9. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  3. ^ P. J. Heslin (11 August 2005). The Transvestite Achilles: Gender And Genre In Statius' Achilleid. Cambridge University Press. pp. 199–. ISBN 978-0-521-85145-9. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  4. ^ John Willoby Roberts (18 June 1998). City of Sokrates: An Introduction to Classical Athens. Psychology Press. pp. 160–. ISBN 978-0-415-16778-9. Retrieved 24 July 2012.


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Propylon

the Athenian architect Mnesicles. Though the work was suspended due to the Peloponnesian War, the important pieces of Mnesicles' vision were able to come

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famous architects, were responsible for the reconstruction. During 437 BC, Mnesicles started building the Propylaea, a monumental gate at the western end of

Propylaea (Acropolis of Athens)

building prior to the archaeological discoveries of 1885-1890; Bundgaard's Mnesicles: A Greek Architect at Work 1957, that examined the building's implications

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S2CID 191390455. Eiteljorg, H (1995). "Entrance to the Athenian Acropolis Before Mnesicles". Archaeological Institute of America Monographs. New Series. 1: 17–44

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To Timonax To Hiero To Aristaenetus To the Himeraeans To Neolaidas To Mnesicles To Alcander To Stesichorus To the Himeraeans To Stesichorus To Autonoë

Brauroneion

rock-cut steps. They, and its northern enclosure, were probably created by Mnesicles during the building of the Propylaea. The date of the complex in its final

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Athena Polias, defender of the city; Erechtheus and Poseidon. Architect: Mnesicles. The building is highly irregular, as there are encroaching sacred sites

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the Demetrios chapter on February 25, 1916. The Cyma Club became the Mnesicles chapter at the University of Minnesota on October 10, 1916. Recruiting