Mnesikles ( grc-gre, Μνησικλῆς; Latin transliteration: Mnesicles) was an ancient

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ian

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active in the mid 5th century BC, the age of

Pericles Pericles (; grc-gre, Περικλῆς; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens. He was prominent and influential in Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Pelopo ...

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(''Pericles'', 13) identifies him as architect of the

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, the Periclean gateway to the

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