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===The Periclean building program=== |
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===The Periclean building program=== |
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Most of the major temples were rebuilt under the leadership of [[Pericles]] during the [[Age of Pericles|Golden Age of Athens]] (460–430 BC). [[Phidias]], a great Athenian sculptor, and [[Ictinus]] and [[Callicrates]], two famous architects, were responsible for the reconstruction. During the 5th century BC, the Acropolis gained its final shape. After winning at [[Battle of the Eurymedon|Eurymedon]] in 468 BC, [[Cimon]] and [[Themistocles]] ordered the reconstruction of southern and northern walls, and Pericles entrusted the building of the [[Parthenon]] to Ictinus and Callicrates. |
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Most of the major temples were rebuilt under the leadership of [[Pericles]] during the [[Age of Pericles|Golden Age of Athens]] (460–430 BC). [[Phidias]], a great Athenian sculptor, and [[Ictinus]] and [[Callicrates]], two famous architects, were responsible for the reconstruction. During the 5th century BC, the Acropolis gained its final shape. After winning at [[Battle of the Eurymedon|Eurymedon]] in 468 BC, [[Cimon]] and [[Themistocles]] oIn 437 BC, [[Mnesicles]] started building the [[Propylaea]], monumental gates with columns of [[Pentelic]] [[marble]], partly built upon the old propylaea of Pisistratus. These colonnades were almost finished in 432 BC and had two wings, the northern one serving as picture gallery. At the same time, south of the propylaea, building of the small Ionic [[Temple of Athena Nike]] commenced. After an interruption caused by the [[Peloponnesian War]], the temple was finished in the time of [[Nicias]]' peace, between 421 BC and 415 BC.oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopppppppppppoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopppppppppppppppppppppppp |
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In 437 BC, [[Mnesicles]] started building the [[Propylaea]], monumental gates with columns of [[Pentelic]] [[marble]], partly built upon the old propylaea of Pisistratus. These colonnades were almost finished in 432 BC and had two wings, the northern one serving as picture gallery. At the same time, south of the propylaea, building of the small Ionic [[Temple of Athena Nike]] commenced. After an interruption caused by the [[Peloponnesian War]], the temple was finished in the time of [[Nicias]]' peace, between 421 BC and 415 BC. |
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During the same period as the building of the [[Erechtheum]], a combination of sacred precincts including the temples of ''Athena Polias'', [[Poseidon]], [[Erechtheus]], [[Cecrops]], [[Herse]], [[Pandrosos]] and [[Aglauros]], with its so-called the ''Kore Porch'' (or ''[[Caryatid]]s' balcony''), was begun. |
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During the same period as the building of the [[Erechtheum]], a combination of sacred precincts including the temples of ''Athena Polias'', [[Poseidon]], [[Erechtheus]], [[Cecrops]], [[Herse]], [[Pandrosos]] and [[Aglauros]], with its so-called the ''Kore Porch'' (or ''[[Caryatid]]s' balcony''), was begun. |
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