Periclean building program

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Athenian public works program architectural program cultural project

The Periclean building program was an ambitious 5th-century BCE Athenian public works initiative that transformed the Acropolis with monumental structures like the Parthenon, symbolizing the city’s political power and cultural achievement.

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Label Occurrences
Periclean building program canonical 4
Acropolis building program of Periclean Athens 1
Periclean rebuilding of the Acropolis 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian public works program ⓘ
architectural program ⓘ
cultural project ⓘ
architecturalStyle Classical Greek architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Athenian civic identity ⓘ
Athenian imperialism ⓘ
Age of Pericles ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Athens
chronology post-Persian Wars reconstruction of the Acropolis ⓘ
country Classical Athens ⓘ
culturalSignificance model for later Western monumental architecture ⓘ
symbol of classical Greek art and architecture ⓘ
employed Athenian craftsmen ⓘ
foreign artisans ⓘ
fundedBy tribute from the Delian League ⓘ
hasPart Erechtheion ⓘ
the Parthenon ⓘ
surface form: Parthenon

Propylaea ⓘ
the Temple of Athena Nike ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Athena Nike
ideologicalFunction visual expression of Athenian democracy and empire ⓘ
impact reinforced Athenian prestige among Greek poleis ⓘ
transformed the skyline of Athens ⓘ
location Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
mainSite Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
surface form: Acropolis sanctuary of Athena
materialUsed Pentelic marble ⓘ
namedAfter Pericles ⓘ
patron Pericles ⓘ
politicalContext Delian League ⓘ
surface form: Athenian Empire

Athenian democracy ⓘ
precededBy earlier Archaic structures on the Acropolis ⓘ
purpose to celebrate Athenian cultural achievement ⓘ
to display Athenian political power ⓘ
to honor Athena ⓘ
religiousFunction enhancement of Athena’s cult on the Acropolis ⓘ
result creation of a unified monumental Acropolis ensemble ⓘ
significantEvent construction of the Erechtheion ⓘ
construction of the Parthenon ⓘ
construction of the Propylaea ⓘ
construction of the Temple of Athena Nike ⓘ
startTime circa 447 BCE ⓘ
supervisedBy Phidias ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ

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Pericles → knownFor → Periclean building program ⓘ
Callicrates → contributedTo → Periclean building program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Periclean rebuilding of the Acropolis
Ictinus → employer → Periclean building program ⓘ
Athenian democracy → hasReform → Periclean building program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Periclean reforms
Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens → constructedInPeriod → Periclean building program ⓘ
Mnesicles → associatedWith → Periclean building program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acropolis building program of Periclean Athens
Long Walls of Athens → associatedWith → Periclean building program ⓘ