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Mnesicles (nĕs`ĭklēz), Greek architect, 5th cent. B.C. He designed the propylaea Propylaea at Athens upon the west end of the Acropolis; their restored remains still stand. Of Pentelic marble, they were built (437–432 B.C.) at the command of Pericles by the architect Mnesicles . ..... Click the link for more information. , and the Erechtheum Erechtheum (ĭrĕk`thēəm) [for Erechtheus ], Gr. Erechtheion, temple in Pentelic marble, on the Acropolis at Athens. ..... Click the link for more information. is also sometimes ascribed to him. Both are on the acropolis Acropolis of Athens, a hill c.260 ft (80 m) high, with a flat oval top c.500 ft (150 m) wide and 1,150 ft (350 m) long, was a ceremonial site beginning in the Neolithic Period and was walled before the 6th cent. B.C. by the Pelasgians. ..... Click the link for more information. at Athens. |
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