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Mnesikles

500 BC - 460 BC

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Mnesikles (Ancient Greek: Μνησικλῆς; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mnesikles is the 95th most popular architect (down from 93rd in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Greece (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Architect.

Mnesikles is most famous for his participation in the Battle of Marathon, where he was killed.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Mnesikles ranks 95 out of 518. Before him are Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Daniel Libeskind, Senenmut, Frei Otto, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, and Hector Guimard. After him are Gottfried Semper, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Luis Barragán, Hans Hollein, and Arata Isozaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Mnesikles ranks 22. Before him are Sogdianus of Persia, Meton of Athens, Pleistarchus, Brasidas, Nicias, and Archelaus. After him are Pharnabazus II, Polygnotus, Alcetas II of Macedon, Fan Li, Eubulides, and Paeonius. Among people deceased in 460 BC, Mnesikles ranks 4. Before him are Pāṇini, Ajatashatru, and Meton of Athens. After him are Pharnabazus II, Paeonius, Parrhasius, Hippo, Agatharchus, Calamis, Diagoras of Rhodes, and Callimachus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Mnesikles ranks 240 out of 1,024. Before him are Cleomenes III (-260), William of Villehardouin (1300), Archelaus (-500), Agnodice (-400), Memnon of Rhodes (-380), and Prokopis Pavlopoulos (1950). After him are Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), Costas Simitis (1936), Xanthippus of Carthage (-300), Plutarch of Athens (350), Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896), and Agathon (-448).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Greece

Among architects born in Greece, Mnesikles ranks 3. Before him are Ictinus (-500), and Callicrates (-470). After him are Dinocrates (-400), Aristobulus of Cassandreia (-375), Callimachus (-500), and Anastasios Metaxas (1862).

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